Looking to Past Military Withdraws for Hints on the Future of Afghanistan

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The United States military has officially pulled out of Afghanistan and the withdrawal has brought comparisons to the fall of Saigon in 1975. But a superficial historical analogy can be as misleading as it is enlightening. We’ll look back at the end of American interventions with scholars of Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Middle East. We’ll ask what can happen after the military leaves and what we can learn about the possible future of Afghanistan by looking at examples from history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:23.2	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:26.8	The United States military has officially pulled out of Afghanistan.
1:33.4	Of course, the withdrawal drew comparisons to the fall of Saigon in 1975, but a superficial historical analog can be as misleading as it is enlightening.
1:36.6	Today, we'll be joined by leading thinkers on Vietnam and Afghanistan to see what we can learn
1:41.1	about the history of American troop pullouts.
1:43.5	What happened to everyday people after Saigon fell,
1:46.1	what international forces aided and constrained Vietnam's recovery,
1:50.2	and what conditions are unique to each country.
1:52.8	That's all next on Forum, after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. The shock of the Taliban's run to Kabul has mostly worn off.
2:17.1	The collapse of the American-backed Afghan government
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