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A close read of Central Command's dodgy claims suggests this was no victory.
By MAX BOOT
Substack April 10, 2026
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” I thought of that famous line (often misattributed to Mark Twain) when I read Central Command’s overblown claims of what the war with Iran—”Operation Epic Fury”—supposedly achieved.
