11 Feb 08 Army buries study critical of Iraq War

An article in The New York Times today reported on a report that was buried by the Army because it was too critical of the war. Shocked? Yeah, me too.

Here’s the gist. The Army had the RAND Corporation, a federally-funded (meaning your tax dollars somewhere along the line) global policy think tank that analyzes and reports on public policy, among other things, prepare a report on rebuilding Iraq and the lessons learned from the war.

So they did, in spades.

RAND produced a seven-volume report that criticized nearly every aspect of how the war has been conducted. From George Bush at the top to the generals in the trenches carrying out the war, they left no one out.

The Army didn’t like this very much, so they buried it.

Again, I’m shocked. Aren’t you.

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