On October 7th, 2001, the United States began an invasion of Afghanistan.

On August 30th, 2021, the United States withdrew its last troops from Afghanistan.

Were we right to go in? Were we right to get out?

General HR McMaster and military historian Victor Davis Hanson.

Uncommon knowledge now.

Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson.

General HR McMaster served in operation enduring freedom in Afghanistan.

During the Trump administration, he served as national security adviser.

Now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, General McMaster is the author of the classic work,

dereliction of duty, Johnson McNamara and the joint chiefs of staff,

and the lies that led to Vietnam.

General McMaster's most recent book, the paper upback edition of which is just about to be published,

battlegrounds, the fight to defend the free world.

Victor Davis Hanson, a class assistant historian at the Hoover Institution.

Dr. Hanson is the author of many books, including the classic study,

a war like no other, how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War.

Dr. Hanson's newest volume, which will be published this autumn,

the dying citizen, how progressive elites, tribalism and globalization are destroying the idea of America.

Victor HR, the Wall Street Journal Monday, August 30, quote,

a US military C-17 carried the last American troops out of Afghanistan on Monday,

marking the formal end of the longest war in US history,

but leaving behind between 100 and 200 Americans and tens of thousands of America's Afghan allies

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