Investigating the Botched Afghan Withdrawal, CIA Going after Cartels & Trump wants Major Reform at FAA
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
1. Botched Afghan Withdrawal
- The withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and over 170 Afghan civilians.
- There was no accountability for the decisions made during the withdrawal.
- An investigation is now underway to determine what happened and who was responsible.
- The investigation aims to establish a clear chain of events and hold those responsible accountable.
2. CIA Going After Cartels
- The CIA is using Reaper drones to spy on Mexican cartels, focusing on fentanyl labs.
- These drone flights began during the Biden administration but have been intensified under the new CIA director.
- The drones are currently unarmed, but there are discussions about using military force against the cartels if they pose a threat to U.S. personnel.
3. Trump's Call for FAA Reform
- Donald Trump is calling for major reforms at the FAA following a plane crash in Canada.
- The media is blaming Trump and Elon Musk for the crash, despite it being under Canadian air traffic control.
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| 0:00.0 | you've been watching doge what we found billions tens of billions of dollars of fraud and |
| 0:07.2 | waste and abuse Elon Musk has done an amazing job I have to tell you his him and his super geniuses |
| 0:13.1 | you know these are seriously high IQ people you're listening to the 47 morning update with |
| 0:18.8 | ben Ferguson good Saturday morning to you Ben Ferguson. Good Saturday morning to you. |
| 0:21.5 | Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:23.0 | And these are some of the stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week on the 47 morning update. |
| 0:29.4 | First up, you may remember the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021 cost the lives of 13 U.S. service members. |
| 0:38.3 | What was even worse than that is the fact there was zero accountability. |
| 0:41.6 | No one lost their job under the Biden and Harris administration. |
| 0:45.5 | We now have been told there is an investigation underway to find out exactly what happened |
| 0:50.8 | and what the cover-up was. |
| 0:52.6 | I'll explain who's in charge of it in just a moment. |
| 0:55.2 | Also, the CIA is going after cartels in Mexico using Reaper drones, the same ones we use |
| 1:02.7 | in Iraq and Afghanistan, to spy on the cartels. And finally, Donald Trump is calling for |
| 1:08.8 | major reform at the FAA. So what did the media do? They're now blaming Donald Trump is calling for major reform at the FAA. |
| 1:11.7 | So what did the media do? |
| 1:13.2 | They're now blaming Donald Trump and Elon Musk for a plane crash, not in America, but in Canada. |
| 1:20.6 | It's the 47 morning update, and it starts right now. |
| 1:24.0 | Story number one. |
| 1:25.2 | One of the main promises that Donald Trump said if he was reelected would be accountability. |
| 1:30.1 | One of the things on his list was clearly Afghanistan and the botched withdrawal on that |
| 1:34.7 | arbitrary date from the Biden-Harris administration. |
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