#1417 Afghanistan, The 20-year War
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 19 May 2021
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Summary
Air Date 5/18/2021
Today we take a look at the potential of the end of American involvement in the war in Afghanistan as well as some of our recent actions related to Yemen and Syria as well as our relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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SHOW NOTES
President Biden announced a complete troop withdrawal from what he called the “forever war” in Afghanistan, by September 11th. “Only the Afghans have the right and responsibility to lead their country,” Biden said from the White House.
Ch. 2: America is finally leaving Afghanistan - Worldly - Air Date 4-15-21
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about President Joe Biden’s announcement that all remaining US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that launched the war.
Ch. 3: Let's End the War in Yemen - Deconstructed - Air Date 2-12-21
In his first significant foreign policy announcement since taking office, President Biden broke with both former presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama and declared an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is deepening amid the pandemic and cuts to international aid from the United States and its allies, leaving millions of Yemenis facing famine after years of a brutal U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign
Ch. 5: Biden Bombs Syria - Empire Has No Clothes - Air Date 3-17-21
This week on Empire Has No Clothes, Kelley, Dan, and Matt discussed Joe Biden's decision to bomb Syria and what it means for his foreign policy going forward. We also talked with David Sterman of New America about what it means to have an endless war.
Ch. 6: The Art of Fake-Ending Wars - Citations Needed - Air Date 4-14-21
In this episode, we discuss the United States' history of fake-ending wars, who these pronouncements are meant to please, why troops levels are often impossible to know, and why so many of our so-called "wars" are not really wars at all, but occupations
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Ch. 7: Joe Biden's War Powers - Intercepted - Air Date 4-28-21
If you went back and looked at every foreign policy decision Joe Biden made — every single one — would you be any closer to understanding him?
Ch. 8: Samantha Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade - TEDTalks - Air Date 6-23-16
In some parts of the world, it's easier to get an automatic rifle than a glass of clean drinking water. Is this just the way it is? Samantha Nutt, doctor and founder of the international humanitarian organization War Child, explores the global arms trade
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Ch. 10: Recommending "Somebody" podcast for example of DARVO - Pat from Chicago
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on DARVO from the police in the Somebody podcast
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| 0:00.0 | During today's episode, I'm going to be telling you about a new podcast I think you should |
| 0:06.0 | check out. It's called Uneffing the Republic, but they don't say, |
| 0:10.1 | Effing because that is not what these times call for. |
| 0:13.9 | So hear me out mid show when I tell you all about it. |
| 0:16.9 | And now, welcome to this episode of the award winning best of a left podcast in which we |
| 0:21.9 | shall learn about the potential of the end of American involvement in the war in Afghanistan, |
| 0:28.3 | as well as some of our recent actions related to Yemen and Syria, as well as our relationship |
| 0:33.6 | with Saudi Arabia. |
| 0:34.9 | Clips today are from Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman, Worldly, Deconstructed, Democracy |
| 0:42.0 | Now, The Empire Has No Clothes, Citations Needed, Intercepted with Jeremy Scayhill, and |
| 0:48.6 | a Ted Talk from Samantha Nutt. |
| 0:57.3 | President Biden speaking from the treaty room, the same room in the White House, where |
| 1:01.6 | President George W. Bush announced the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. |
| 1:08.4 | In a two decades sense, over 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed, along with 45,000 |
| 1:15.2 | members of the Afghan Army and police, and at least 3,500 U.S. and coalition troops. |
| 1:20.8 | So here, Wahab knows well the impact of the invasion and occupation on his home country |
| 1:26.5 | of Afghanistan. |
| 1:27.5 | Wahab, a professor of education for decades, splits his time between the U.S. and Afghanistan. |
| 1:35.0 | Since the 2001 invasion, he's been helping rebuild Afghanistan's shattered education system. |
| 1:41.3 | This invasion in occupation and the bloodshed have destroyed the country, its economy, its |
| 1:47.8 | institutions, its infrastructure, its education, its way of life, relationships among the different |
| 1:54.7 | ethnic groups. |
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