9/9/21 Dave DeCamp on Developments in Afghanistan and Syria

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Scott Horton

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🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talked with Dave DeCamp. DeCamp gives an update on Afghanistan where the Taliban are attempting to form a government. Both Scott and DeCamp agree that the Taliban are likely to face difficulties as they try to govern the country, especially if they continue to only appoint Pashtun men to positions of power. Both point to the retaliatory drone strike that killed civilians in Kabul as a preview of what “over the horizon” operations will look like if Biden is serious about continuing them. Lastly, DeCamp provides an update on Syria where insiders appear to be happy with the status quo. And both Scott and DeCamp point to northern Syria as a perfect example of Washington’s hypocrisy on “terrorist safe-havens.” Discussed on the show: Bill Roggio at the Long War Journal Emily Horne’s statement about Taliban cooperation “Tens of thousands of civilians likely killed by US in ‘Forever Wars’” (Airwars.org) “The Other Afghan Women” (New Yorker) “Looser rules, more civilian deaths, a Taliban takeover: Inside America’s failed Afghan drone campaign” (Connecting Vets) Dave DeCamp is the assistant news editor of Antiwar.com. Follow him on Twitter @decampdave. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXOqV7NIeo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For Pacifica Radio, September 12th, 2021.
0:05.0	I'm Scott Horton.
0:07.0	This is Anti War Radio. All right, y'all welcome to show. It is anti-war radio.
0:23.4	I'm your host Scott Horton. I'm the editorial director of anti-war.com
0:28.4	and the author of the book Enough Already. Time to end the war on terrorism.
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0:48.8	All right
0:50.1	introducing our guest anti-war.com news editor Dave de Camp. Welcome back to the show how you doing Dave
0:56.3	Good Scott. Thanks for having me back. Happy to have you here 20 years into the terror war and man do we still have a lot to cover here and let's start with
1:04.3	Afghanistan where we no longer have combat troops on the ground I guess not even
1:09.6	special operations command but we do still have a rapidly developing situation with the aftermath
1:16.3	of America's withdrawal and including at least promises of continued American intervention there.
1:24.3	So I guess let's start with the Taliban
1:27.4	announcing the creation of their new government
1:30.3	and wrapping up, am I right, of the conflict in the Panchir Valley, which would make it
1:36.1	official that they truly control at least nominally 100% of Afghanistan now?
1:44.0	Yeah, that's right. So the Taliban say that they've taken over Panchier Valley,
1:48.0	which was the last, the only little pocket of resistance that sprung up.
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