WASHINGTON — The Afghanistan Papers contained many shocking revelations, but none more surprising than the behind-the-scene admission by senior Pentagon officials that Lee Greenwood’s "God Bless the U.S.A." is "fucking terrible."

Emails between senior leaders showed the Defense chiefs have for years hated the classic patriotic country ditty as "a cacophony of ear-splitting horror."

"Just the absolute fucking worst," wrote Don Rumsfeld in a farewell email to his replacement.