Episode 72- Robert Bales

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Robert Bales was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army. He is also one of the worst war criminals in recent American history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.gq.com/story/robert-bales-interview-afghanistan-massacre https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/06/26/soldier-convicted-of-massacring-16-afghans-seeks-new-civilian-trial-citing-a-psychosis-inducing-anti-malarial-drug/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/19/army-soldier-wife-laughed-about-killing-charges/2674853/

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0:00.0	The news of that American soldier accused of putting on his night vision goggles and then methodically going door to door
0:06.4	killing children and families in their homes in Afghanistan.
0:10.4	It is a slaughter that threatens the already fragile future there and tonight we are learning more about who he is
0:17.2	But we begin with ABC's Nick Schifran in Kabul an exclusive new viewed video from that village in shock.
0:25.0	Americans and Afghans agree on this much.
0:27.5	This crime was unforgivable.
0:29.8	Hello everybody and welcome to yet another episode of the Lions Lead by Donkeys Podcasts.
0:35.0	I'm Joe, and with me today is Rich.
0:37.0	Hello, hello?
0:38.0	How are you doing today, Rich?
0:40.0	I'm doing all right, just drinking some spiked seltzers you know chilling
0:45.9	Because the only laws that you can't break when you're drinking the clause is war crimes
0:58.2	Now I am very ill. I caught some kind of awful Victorian wasting disease and I have been vomiting for about a day and a half now. So I think I'll be okay.
1:07.4	My smooth podcasting voice might be slightly strained.
1:11.9	Very ill seems subjective when you're drinking alcohol.
1:16.0	But sure, we'll give you that.
1:19.0	It's to keep the withdrawals at bay.
1:22.0	Now, this episode... It's to keep the withdrawals at bay.
1:23.0	Now, this episode has, I think it's the first time
1:28.2	in the history of the show that I will be doing an episode
1:31.9	on something that directly impacted, not my life but your life as well.
1:37.2	So to start this story I have to take everyone back to Kandahar in the night of March 11th 2012.
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