There is no reason to release military information to the great wide world as it is acquired while a war is on. Everyone knows this.

But the citizens of a nation run by the will of the people (when they deign to exercise it) do need to be informed of the larger picture in order to make decisions about the leadership and the direction of the nation.

I'm more concerned at this point with the motivations of some of our civilian leaders. The military people appear to be aware that they are actors on a stage not of their making. Our political leaders appear to be puppetmasters from time to time. I worry that the tasty military "information" is distracting us from the drier, but ultimately more important, backstory of how we got here and who stands to benefit most from the outcome.

Regards--
Mary Anne