9/5/24 James Carden on the Afghanistan Withdrawal and Kamala Harris’ Foreign Policy

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Scott Horton

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Scott interviews James Carden about two articles he wrote recently. The first looks back at the war in Afghanistan. He and Scott talk about how Obama immediately went the wrong direction with the war, how Trump had some good instincts but was ignored by his subordinates and why the disastrous withdrawal really was Biden’s fault. They then talk about all the neoconservatives and neoliberals who make up the foreign policy establishment rallying behind their new candidate — Kamala Harris. Discussed on the show: “The Real Tragedy of Afghanistan” (The American Conservative) “Looser rules, more civilian deaths, a Taliban takeover: Inside America’s failed Afghan drone campaign” (Audacy) “The Foreign Policy Establishment Licks Its Chops for Harris” (The American Conservative) “Video of Joe Biden Warning of Russian Hostility if NATO Expands Resurfaces” (Newsweek) Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden by Branko Marcetic Bill Hicks on JFK James Carden is a columnist and senior advisor to the American Committee for US-Russia Accord (ACURA) and a former adviser on Russia policy at the US State Department. His articles and essays have appeared in a wide variety of publications including The Nation, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, The Spectator, UnHerd, The National Interest, Quartz, The Los Angeles Times, and American Affairs. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
0:19.6	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.6	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
0:24.8	terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on
0:31.3	foreign policy and all available for you at
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0:38.6	interview archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. And that is the let's get along with the Russians instead of having a nuclear war group over there
0:57.0	I can never remember the acronym for Acura but anyway it's and he also writes to the American conservative magazine.
1:04.3	TAC. That's the acronym for the American conservative magazine. I can remember that.
1:08.8	He writes for TAC and he's got great stuff here and one of them is the real tragedy of Afghanistan.
1:17.0	And I see and hear that there's a lot of opinioning about Afghanistan by a lot of people don't know the first thing
1:24.2	about that war and so I thought you know because it is the anniversary of the
1:29.2	disastrous withdrawal and everybody's doing all their opinioning about it that we would talk to
1:36.4	James. So hi welcome back to the show how are you? I'm good. Thanks for having me
1:42.0	on. It's the American Committee for U.S. Russia Accord. I know that's a I knew that. I have that in my brain somewhere is just dormant.
1:53.2	No, it's a lot.
1:54.5	Unlike Shokin's investigation into Barisma,
1:57.2	it was dormant.
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