I dispute the categorization of it ever being a good war. Every war is a failure of human society. Declaring a war good because you "win" it is not a moral code, it is a power code. Suckering sycophant states into sending soldiers so you can start the next war seems similarly dishonorable. There is some very good history of incompetance here.

A thoroughly researched investigative report on what went wrong, but light on how to make it right.

This long retrospective article outlines the history of events in Afghanistan since 2001. It is, however, still not nearly long enough or detailed enough to tell the complex history it's trying to tell without grossly oversimplifying things

A detailed summary of the "other" foreign policy fiasco.

It has been a long time since you could expect anything but a liberal slant on any story appearing in the NTTimes. Just about anything published should be regarded as suspect.

Consider the source.