(2010/07/21) The state of the empire (Foreign Policy)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 21 July 2010
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Edition #387
The state of the empire
Act 1: McChrystal article by Michael Hastings - Colbert Report
Song 1: The moment I said it - Imogen Heap
Act 2: Gaps in Afghan government - Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Out of our hands - Ikon
Act 3: UK investigating war crimes - Citizen Radio
Song 3: All American Girl - Train
Act 4: Judge sides with detainee in Guantanamo - The Progressive
Song 4: Shuffle your feet - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Act 5: Counter insurgency interview with General - Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Eve of destruction - Barry McGuire
Act 6: Odd couple Frank and Paul on military spending - NPR
Song 6: No need to argue - The Cranberries
Act 7: Obama authorizes assassinations on US citizens - Young Turks
Song 7: The perfect space - The Avett Brothers
Act 8: Afghanistan commentary - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Petraeus takes over with same strategy - Rachel Maddow
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible entirely by the listeners of the show for all the ways you |
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| 0:08.7 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Colbert |
| 0:12.2 | Report, The Rachel Maddo Show, Citizen Radio, The Progressive NPR, and The Young Turks |
| 0:17.6 | with a bonus video clip for our iPhone app users from The Rachel Maddo Show. |
| 0:30.0 | The magazine here also contained a little article in which our commander in Afghanistan |
| 0:36.0 | general Stanley McChrystal and his aides made caddy comments about the president and |
| 0:40.6 | the vice president. |
| 0:42.0 | So Obama fired his four star ass. |
| 0:45.6 | By the way, if you'd like to see a five star ass, that's right here on the cover. |
| 0:52.4 | I don't know if that close-up was necessary, but besides the gossipy behind the scenes |
| 1:03.0 | name calling, there was another part of the article I found disturbing, the article |
| 1:08.2 | part. |
| 1:09.2 | You see, most of it was about McChrystal's controversial strategy known as counterinsurgency or coin |
| 1:18.4 | that makes our soldiers nation builders. |
| 1:21.1 | Or as the article says, think green berets as an armed peace corps. |
| 1:25.5 | Well, I'm sorry, but peace is not the green berets thing. |
| 1:29.8 | That's the raspberry berets. |
| 1:32.3 | Folks, folks, point. |
| 1:38.0 | Folks, point is handcuffing our soldiers with the laudable goal of lowering civilian casualties. |
| 1:44.3 | But hey, we're trying to win a war here. |
| 1:47.4 | When I say you can't make an omelette without killing somebody who has an omelette. |
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