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Foreword-Part 1: A False Taste of Victory, 2001-2002

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Whitlock, Craig. The Afghanistan Papers. Simon & Schuster, 2021. Hardcover.

• In the Foreword, Whitlock related an interview Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had with reporters as the U.S. prepared for the war in Afghanistan.

• Reporters wondered if he would ever lie about military operations in order to mislead the enemy.

• Rumfield answered that he could not imagine a situation where he would have to lie, and he did not believe he had ever lied to the press.

• He did not believe there was a reason for lying.

• There were many ways for a person not to put themselves in a position where they needed to lie.

• Twelve days later on October 7, 2001, the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan.

• At that time, no one knew that it would turn “into the most...

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