This episode is brought to you by Audible.

Visit audiblepodcast.com slash best for your free audio book download.

Now welcome to the award-winning Festival F podcast with clips today from

CounterSpin, La Show, Countdown, The Younging Radio News, Tom Hartman,

Cold Bear Report, Rachel Maddo, The Daily Show, and The Young Terms.

This show picks up with the coverage of the Afghanistan War that I wasn't able to get to

before the holiday break.

In November 18th headline in the Washington Post announced

poem finds guarded optimism on Obama's Afghanistan plan.

The post has been pushing the idea that public opinion is more pro-war than it really is,

and this seemed to be more of the same.

The post had just conducted a poll on the war and they reported on the findings,

quote,

asked to choose between a larger influx of troops to fight Al Qaeda and the Taliban

and train the Afghan military

and a smaller number of new U.S. forces more narrowly focused on training.

Americans divide 46 percent for the bigger number,

45 percent for the lower one, close quote.

So apparently, to the Washington Post, the debate is between a smaller surge

to train the Afghan military or a larger one to do that plus to defeat bad guys.

It's not a huge surprise then that a lot of people would find the larger surge appealing

if you put it that way.

...