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It may surprise you to learn that “integrity first” is the primary core value of my former service, the U.S. Air Force. 

Considering the revelations of the Pentagon Papers, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971; the Afghan War papers, first revealed by the Washington Post in 2019; and the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, among other evidence of the lying and deception that led to the invasion and occupation of that country, you’ll excuse me for assuming that, for decades now when it comes to war, “integrity optional” has been the true core value of our senior military leaders and top government officials.

As a retired Air Force officer, let me tell you this: honor code or not, you can’t win a war with lies — America proved that in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq — nor can you build an honorable military with them. 

How could our high command not have reached such a conclusion themselves after all this time?

Read the full article here.

As a retired Air Force officer, let me tell you this: honor code or not, you can’t win a war with lies.

William Astore

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