#1329 Our Longest War Has Been a Lie All Along (The Afghanistan Papers)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 18 January 2020
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Air Date 1/18/2020
Today we take a look at The Afghanistan Papers which reveal in stark detail much of what the anti-war movement has known or strongly suspected since the beginning. Going beyond the scope of The Pentagon Papers of the Vietnam War era, The Afghanistan Papers feature interviews and documentation from top-ranking officials admitting from the start that they had no idea what they were doing in Afghanistan.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Headlines: The Afghanistan Papers - Democracy Now - Air Date 12-10-19
Breaking the news of The Afghanistan Papers
Ch. 2: The "Pentagon Papers" Of Our Time with Craig Whitlock - On the Media - Air Date 12-20-19
Bob Garfield talks with Craig Whitlock about the Afghanistan Papers and the comparison to the Pentagon Papers.
Ch. 3: They Lied To Us All Along with Danny Sjursen - The Real News with Marc Steiner - Air Date 12-15-19
Marc Steiner talks with Danny Sjursen about the lies of war and the lack of accountability for leadership.
Brian talks with Craig Whitlock about the Afghanistan Papers and the history of the endless war on terror.
Ch. 5: The Afghan Pentagon Papers - The Michael Brooks Show - Air Date 12-14-19
Michael Brooks breaks down the history of the modern military establishment.
Ch. 6: The Afghanistan Papers - Eyes Left with Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner - Air Date 12-16-19
Spenser and Mike bring context to the Afghanistan Papers and delve into the history of the endless war.
An in-depth discussion of the history and corruption of the Afghanistan war.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:07.3 | about the Afghanistan Papers, which reveal in stark detail much of what the antiwar |
| 0:12.8 | movement has known or strongly suspected since the beginning. |
| 0:17.0 | And frankly, this should be seen as one of the biggest stories of the year, but thanks |
| 0:21.6 | to the general chaos of Trump and the impeachment process sucking up all the oxygen in the room, |
| 0:27.4 | the Afghanistan Papers were barely a blip in the news in December. |
| 0:32.1 | So even though interest in the story seems to have already come and gone, I wanted to do |
| 0:36.6 | my part to keep the story alive. |
| 0:39.0 | So clips today come from Democracy Now on the Media, the Real News Network, the Brian Lairer |
| 0:45.2 | show, the Michael Brooks show, Eyes Left and Newsbeat. |
| 0:56.0 | The modern day Pentagon Papers, that's how people are describing a confidential trove |
| 1:01.1 | of documents obtained by the Washington Post. |
| 1:04.3 | Revealing how senior U.S. officials have lied throughout the 18-year U.S. war in Afghanistan, |
| 1:11.1 | the longest war in U.S. history. |
| 1:13.8 | The first installation of the Explosive Report published Monday is headlined at war with |
| 1:19.4 | the truth. |
| 1:20.4 | It documents how U.S. officials repeatedly lied about the war's progress while hiding evidence |
| 1:26.7 | the war had become unwinnable. |
| 1:28.9 | It also shows how three successive presidencies. |
| 1:32.7 | President George W. Bush, President Obama and President Trump have bungled the war in |
| 1:37.0 | Afghanistan despite deploying 775,000 U.S. troops since 2001. |
| 1:44.8 | More than 2,000 U.S. soldiers have died in Afghanistan and 20,000 have been wounded. |
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