Back To Pre-9/11 Afghanistan | Ambassador Ryan Crocker

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Bill Bennett

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🗓️ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Bill spoke with Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, about the chaos in Afghanistan and the prospect of things getting much worse. Ryan Crocker served as Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, welcome to the Bill Bennett show.
0:02.8	We have thoughtful conversations about things that matter.
0:05.7	And Afghanistan matters.
0:07.5	Joining me today is someone I admire deeply,
0:09.7	Riot Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador.
0:12.2	Served as Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012.
0:16.1	First few things I'd like to discuss.
0:18.1	As we're talking, Claude, the airport at Kabul
0:22.9	is being bombed or at least outside.
0:25.3	Casualties, getting updated all the time.
0:28.1	Being run out of Afghanistan.
0:30.5	You know, someone said I can't remember who it was.
0:32.7	That a lot of things were pretty secure.
0:35.5	Police decent.
0:36.7	At least manageable.
0:38.2	Inviting came in and made them worse and unmanageable.
0:41.0	Turn them upside down.
0:42.1	Oil production and distribution,
0:45.0	including pricing of gas.
0:47.0	I mean, what the heck, you know,
0:48.4	what's it up a dollar, dollar quarter?
0:50.4	You know, we end the pipeline here,
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