Everyone really should read the WP documents [0]. Michael Flynn's 'LESSONS LEARNED RECORD OF INTERVIEW'[1] is some astonishing reading. Yes, that Mike Flynn [2

Everyone really should read the WP documents [0]. Michael Flynn's 'LESSONS LEARNED RECORD OF INTERVIEW'[1] is some astonishing reading. Yes, that Mike Flynn [2]. You really should read it yourself, but I'll summarize my impressions of it [3]. Flynn essentially makes the point that the total war effort was, start to finish, a chuckle-fuck. He goes into a few specific points and events for him. One event (the New Ansari Bank heist) reads more like a Clive Cussler paperback. Though he is picking out events that support his thesis, the summation he has is that The Beltway and White House have all but forgotten him and his efforts. And those sacrifices that others made, not just for the US, but for Canada, the UK, and Afghanistan proper. He specifically calls out the culture of 'blowing smoke up your ass' that was the reporting situation on the ground. Time and again, commanders only choose the rosy bit and leave out the mountain of shit. Time and again, new commanders come in, are flabbergasted at reality, and then do the same to their next in line. Honestly, the tone that I get is one of exhaustion. But, clearly in the RECORD, there is a simmer of hatred for the whole debacle. Personally, I get a whiff of vengeance. That RECORD was taken at 9am EST on Nov 10 2015. Exactly one month and two hours later, Dec 10 2015 7pm MSK, Mike Flynn is at dinner sitting directly next to, shoulder to shoulder with, Putin and Gorbachev[4]. Mike is very likely a traitor. But his testimony in the RECORD shows a very long, clear, logical, and sympathetic path towards his decisions. We should take note here, the Military is becoming frayed, badly so. NFL games and Applebee's discounts aren't making up the difference This war is intolerable to them. And we are seen as complicit. [0] Honestly, they are very approachable. Whomever is on their 'data viz' team is doing a great job. Somehow, very boring text documents become exciting. [1]https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/?document=flynn_michael_ll_11102015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn [3] Reminder, these records are what WP could publish at all and they state that these records are very 'sanitized'. Also, just reading the red highlights is good too. Really, read it. [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn#/media/File:Vladimir_Putin,_Russia_Today_television_channel_(2015-12-10)_04.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn#/media/File:Vlad...