Non shady sources, huh? Let's take a look. That web site is run by "The Institute for the Study of War", ISW. Here's what Wikipedia says: "ISW generally advoc

Non shady sources, huh? Let's take a look. That web site is run by "The Institute for the Study of War", ISW. Here's what Wikipedia says: "ISW generally advocates to increase American military involvement in international conflicts. Their political stances tend to align with the business interests of the ISW's funders, whose activities include producing tanks and weapon systems." There's a list of their board members at https://www.understandingwar.org/who-we-are https://www.understandingwar.org/who-we-are. There are two former generals listed, General David H. Petraeus who was the commander of US forces in Iraq for a while, and General Jack Keane. Keane was an advisor on the US occupation of Iraq on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. Along with Frederick Kagan, Keane wrote a paper called "Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq". Kagan's wife Kimberly Kagan is the president of the ISW. You've also got William Kristol listed as a member of the board, Kristol is a neoconservative who argued for the "surge" in Iraq, he is a co-founder of the "Project for the New American Century" which is a neo-conservative think tank. PNAC argued for regime change in Iraq starting in the 1990's. The other co-founder of PNAC was Robert Kagan, Frederick Kagan's brother. Another board member listed is Joe Lieberman, who was a major support of the Iraq war when he was in the Senate. There's another half dozen or so people on the board that I don't recognize, but I don't have to dig much further to know that if somebody wants to get their news from the neoconservatives who brought us the Iraq war, understandingwar.org is definitely a go-to source. Then again, I don't trust CNN either.