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The U.S. Keeps Losing Wars Because Nobody Listens to the Spooks

THE PATH OF ARROGANCE

The intel failures behind conflicts from Vietnam to Afghanistan are not identical, but most of them come down to the people in power not listening to the spies on the ground.

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