Most of the good stuff was redacted from this 5 September 2008 memo written by the Acting CENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Dempsey to the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. But one unredacted PowerPoint slide bluntly shows the difference between the two countries that we’re fighting wars in. Take a look for yourself:
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