The legions of dead and maimed and crippled, the vast treasure expended, the ruined lives of the survivors and their compatriots all purely and horribly wasted for the ambition of thoughtless incompetents.
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Some will ask if I engaged in speculation in recounting this history and arriving at my conclusions, and my answer is, “Yes, of course.” Speculation is the only tool available in determining events and motives that have been shrouded in secrecy and disguised with obfuscation. All criminals will hide their wrongdoing, and these are no exception.
Do these speculations and theories fit what is observable and known to us? They will have to do until the light of investigation and full disclosure is brought to bear in producing the evidence required to bring our incompetents to the end of their careers.
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