The New York Times: There are many lessons from Afghanistan, but there is no life for those who call

The New York Times editorial today came under the title "Many Lessons from Afghanistan We Did Not Learn", noting that the recently published documents about American intervention there reveal that American civilian and military leaders have misled the American people with the prospects of success there.

The newspaper said that the collection of documents obtained by the Washington Post, which showcases the catastrophic failure of the war there, and decades of lies that were told about it, are the inevitable opinion that the US administration refuses to be true to itself.

She added that for years, the military and civilian leaders said that the task of rebuilding Afghanistan was not only possible, but successful. However, the men and women who ran the war admitted to the Special Inspector for the reconstruction of this country what had long been clear to all monitors, with the exception of those most cooperating with it.

The newspaper referred to what Douglas Lott, a US Army general who served in the Obama and Bush administrations, said in an interview in 2015 with the Inspector General, "We had no understanding of Afghanistan and we didn't know what to do."

"The bleak prospects for achieving anything that could be called a victory were almost immediately apparent after the Taliban were ousted from power in 2002. After spending more than $ 1 trillion and 18 years of fighting, the government in Kabul remains unable to operate without the support of US forces There is little evidence that she will ever be able. "

The newspaper said that the failure in Afghanistan may come as a surprise to some Americans, but those who should not be surprised at all are the members of Congress who voted to launch the war and voted again and again to continue financing it and failed to perform their duties to oversee its progress.

She considered it very shocking and alarming that members of Congress overseeing the military and familiar with classified assessments such as those published by The Washington Post were surprised by what the three-year documents and two federal issues revealed for public consumption.

The newspaper concluded that as long as the military and civilian leadership that oversees the Afghanistan war continues to insist that its strategy is working, there is little hope that it will succeed.