“It was impossible to create good metrics. We tried using troop numbers trained, violence levels, control of territory and none of it painted an accurate picture,” said one former NSC official. Said another: “There was no head turning movement or measurement on how things are going to be improving.” Petabytes of data were collected throughout […]
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