A tragic end to 20 years in Afghanistan

Pod Save the World

Politics, News

4.8 • 25.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Today’s episode is all about Afghanistan. Tommy and Ben cover President Biden’s decision to withdraw troops, the failure to process visas and get refugees out of the country, why the Afghan security forces didn’t fight back, the history of the war effort under four US presidents, Trump’s role in what happened and the broader political implications.

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.7	Welcome back to Pate the World and Tommy Ditor.
0:12.7	I'm Ben Rhodes.
0:13.7	Ben, we're back in studio.
0:15.3	We are together.
0:16.8	Yes, together again.
0:18.2	Just in time to spend some time talking about Afghanistan.
0:22.6	I have the grimest podcast we've ever recorded.
0:25.1	Yes, it has been a momentous and awful week there,
0:28.9	and we figured let's just dedicate the entire show to what's
0:32.8	happened over the past week, really what's happened over the past 20 years.
0:36.0	Yeah, it's all a context here because there's
0:38.1	some big things happening.
0:39.2	This earthquake in Haiti is heartbreaking,
0:41.6	and it's something we should keep an eye on.
0:42.9	But the whole world's eyes are on Afghanistan right now.
0:46.4	Yeah, no.
0:47.1	I mean, in Haiti, something that will require extended attention.
0:51.7	And I saw Samantha Powers very much on this.
0:56.4	But yeah, right now, I think it's impossible to focus anything.
0:59.6	But Afghanistan, it's actually one of those times
1:01.2	where I'm glad that there's a podcast where we can actually,
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