I am a student of Military History and its involvement with the State department, the political spectrum and the American Public. The military has lied to us from its inception. George Washington and the other generals lied about the Revolutionary War and it has lied about every war since.

            We are told that Pershing never allowed any of his troops to be under another nation’s control. False! He sent troops to fight with the French and British. General Douglas MacArthur had a company of public relations people to con Americans about how great he was running his part of the Pacific War.

            In Viet Nam we were lied to through the entire time we were there and afterward. When the NVA and the Viet Cong were pretty much defeated after TET, nobody believed it after the years of lies.

            In Afghanistan and Iraq we were lied to on a daily basis to keep the public supporting the announced goals although some truth leaked out occasionally. The first may have been how Bin Laden got away. Another time was the Taliban was destroyed so troops could be moved to the concocted invasion of Iraq. Rumors of high up corruption were dismissed after we pumped billions in cash to support the military and the construction projects in both countries.

            Just like Viet Nam we threw cash to the people we bought. Graft made those “friends” very rich and they bailed when we did.