10 Lies That The U.S. Is Always Telling Us About Afghanistan

CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters fly out for an aerial reconnaissance mission over Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 2, 2014. The helicopters conducted the mission to support ground troops by flying over areas of interest and bringing back requested information. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Frances Johnson

Afghanistan Newspeak: 10 Ways The US Skews The Narrative -- Jean MacKenzie, Global Post

NATO forces aren't 'leaving' but 'transitioning.'

As the clock ticks down to the promised withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US military is trying to figure out how to market the idea that the international intervention has actually accomplished its core mission — bringing peace and stability to a nation that has known little of either for the past 35 years.

The solution: a little Newspeak.

As George Orwell described the wonders of this invention: “It means a loyal willingness to say that black is white … But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary.”

Welcome to the war in Afghanistan.

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