Ep 472 | Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster & How We Can Help | Guest: Morgan Ortagus

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today we're covering the disastrous withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan organized by the Biden administration. Why has it been such a catastrophe? What went wrong? To help answer these questions, we talk to former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus. She worked in the Trump administration with Christopher Wray and has unique insight as to how things have changed under the new president. --- Today's Sponsors: Annie's Kit Clubs help your kids master new, hands-on skills while expressing their creativity. Go to AnniesKitClubs.com/ALLIE & save 75% off your first shipment! Raycon's E85 work earbuds are a game-changer. They boast a 32-hr battery life, they're super comfortable with active noise cancelling for maximum focus. Go to BuyRaycon.com/ALLIEWORK to get 15% off your Raycon order! Good Ranchers's product is 100% American. Did you know that more than 80% of the grass-fed beef sold in the U.S. is imported from overseas? Go to GoodRanchers.com/ALLIE to get an additional $20 off & free express shipping, plus use code 'ALLIE' at checkout! --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to Relatable.
0:12.0	Happy Tuesday.
0:13.0	Hope everyone is having a good week so far.
0:15.7	Yesterday we kind of took a break from the new cycle and I gave you some encouragement
0:21.4	and a lot of you guys said that that was really helpful.
0:24.2	So if you are feeling like you are in a pit of despair or you're feeling really hopeless,
0:29.6	especially about what's going on in the world, I really encourage you to listen to her
0:33.6	watch yesterday's episode if you haven't done that.
0:36.4	And as promised today, we are talking about Afghanistan.
0:40.4	We are talking to Morgan or Tegas.
0:43.4	She was spokesperson for the State Department working with Mike Pompeo in the Trump administration
0:50.0	and she has been in Afghanistan several times over the past 20 years or in the Middle East,
0:56.4	at least several times since 9-11.
0:59.0	So in a few minutes, she's going to give us some context.
1:01.8	She's going to set this all up for us and back us up and remind us, okay, why we're here,
1:08.6	what's going on, how did this unfold?
1:11.3	Because a lot of us, we vaguely know, of course, there have been wars in the Middle
1:15.4	East and we know about 9-11.
1:17.8	Some of you, as I will say with Morgan, were not even alive when 9-11 happened, but you
1:22.9	kind of understand, okay, we've been there for a long time.
1:25.9	It's been very popular among the American people to get out of Afghanistan, but it's
1:31.1	a lot more complicated than just, okay, let's leave.
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