100: EPISODE 100 !!!! - Professor Craig Symonds

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the chaos in Afghanistan, James and Al take on the leaders who contributed to the disaster that our country and the Middle East are facing. Then they bring on Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, Craig Symonds, for a lesson in the WWII Pacific Theater, and a look back at when the United States was still able to win its wars.

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Professor Craig Symonds:

U.S. Naval Academy | The Great Courses | Audible | Author of Many Books

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
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0:32.0	Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:45.0	This week we are joined by Professor Emeritus at the US Naval Academy Craig Simons.
0:51.0	Remember, we take your questions each episode so write in the Politics War Room at gmail.com
0:57.0	or send a tweet to act pleticon for next week's show.
1:01.0	We'll get to as many as we can but don't forget to tell us where you're from.
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1:25.0	James the chaos and carnage in Afghanistan that we're seeing on the television screens these days and reading about as a disaster.
1:35.0	But there are different issues in this tragedy.
1:37.0	One, Joe Biden's decision to get out after 20 years in spending over a trillion dollars in America's longest war was absolutely right.
1:47.0	That was one concurred in actually by Donald Trump, by Barack Obama and it was inevitable.
1:54.0	Now, the lack of preparation and executing with the withdrawal of American personnel and all Afghans who helped us and are at risk with a Taliban takeover, that was inexcusable ineptitude.
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