US Military Acknowledges Reported Drop In Taliban Attacks Was Incorrect -- FOX News
The Obama administration appears to have relied on misleading figures to characterize progress in the war in Afghanistan, as the U.S.-led military coalition acknowledged Tuesday that it had incorrectly reported a decline in Taliban attacks last year.
Throughout the campaign season, President Obama and his top officials claimed the Taliban were on the decline.
"We broke the Taliban's momentum," Obama said from Bagram Air Base last May.
"We've blunted the Taliban's momentum," he said last September, as he accepted the party's nomination.
But the corrected numbers could undercut that narrative.
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My Comment: This story is a few days old .... and I am still shaking my head. Talk about major snafus. I know that it was the staff that screwed up, but the leadership must always question what is brought before them .... especially if it becomes the narrative for the White House. In this case .... I must admit .... I have to wonder if General Allen was not focused on his work .... but focused on issues like this.
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