US Foreign Policy - Costly Errors

U.S. officials misled public about Afghan war, confidential documents reveal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/

U.S. wasted billions of dollars in colossal effort to rebuild Afghanistan, documents reveal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-nation-building/

Documents Reveal Misleading Public Statements on War in Afghanistan

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/world/asia/afghanistan-war-documents.html

What Did the U.S. Get for $2 Trillion in Afghanistan?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/world/middleeast/afghanistan-war-cost.html

An End to Magical Thinking in the Middle East

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/end-magical-thinking-middle-east/602953/