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The Bill Bennett Show

Bing West "The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War"

The Bill Bennett Show

Bill Bennett

Government, News

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Bill spoke with Bing West about his new book "The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War". Bing West is a former Assistant Secretary of Defense and combat Marine. He's also a New York Times bestselling author. 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

And welcome back to the Bill Bennett show. We expose the existential threats to

0:05.8

America. We discuss the news of the day. I just want to comment right away, Claude,

0:09.8

and let you come in. Overwhelming response to the podcast featuring Conrad Black and

0:15.4

Victor Dave Collins. Yeah, we ask for emails. Folks have emailed in. They love

0:19.6

hearing you three. And I hate to say this, but unfortunately today it's just you on

0:24.2

the show. So no one minds, unfortunately. Well, I mean, given the feedback from the show,

0:29.4

it's my podcast. Yeah, I mean, I don't mind. And I'm sure no one else minds, but they

0:33.1

enjoyed having you guys until there's, there's, you know, obviously on this show, we'll

0:37.5

have both back and we'll do that again. But there's some talks of, you know, something

0:41.8

else going on. Yeah, you added, no, they were great. And then sound like oh, man,

0:46.2

well, look, yeah, we're passionate human being. Absolutely. Well, it was a conversation

0:51.2

with three intelligent, thoughtful people. And one of the things that I enjoyed about

0:59.5

it the most was, you know, as you tossed questions and thoughts out to Victor Davis Hanson

1:03.8

and Conrad Black, they also were able to ask you your thoughts because so many times you

1:08.6

are the interviewer and you dig into into the thoughts of others and what are they and

1:14.2

what they're thinking about the news of the day and things that are happening and you

1:17.2

don't always get a chance. So we do the rents every day, but you don't get a chance to

1:20.4

express your thoughts. And so, you know, I appreciated you being asked questions from

1:26.7

thoughtful people who are probing you because I mean, you're a gem and a treasure that way

1:31.6

in the way that you think and the way that you're making up what you said earlier. I'm not

1:36.2

unfortunately. I know this makes you uncomfortable. People could see your face, you know, but

1:40.8

you've got to let me say this. I mean, because there were so many emails that also reflected

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