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Mark Levin Podcast

Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 8/16/21

Mark Levin Podcast

Cumulus Podcast Network

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.521.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

On Monday’s Mark Levin show, President Biden has just reversed 20 years of enormous progress in Afghanistan, which was not a 20-year war. The US has been supplying air power and intelligence to the Afghan forces since 2014. The Taliban is not known to be one of the world’s strongest armies, but when Biden makes the mistake to end all of that abruptly you get an emboldened enemy who didn't have an air force but might certainly have one now, given the number of helicopters and equipment left behind by Biden's rapid troop withdrawal. Biden's response was dishonest, he blamed Donald Trump, and it was outrageously political. The disastrous scene caused by Biden's petulance is something we'd never seen during Trump's tenure. Allies around the world are watching and surely this does not inspire confidence. Then, Sen. Tom Cotton, a veteran of the Afghanistan war, joins the show to explain why Biden made such a strategic blunder leaving Americans behind enemy lines. Cotton added that irrespective of your thoughts on the withdrawal we must recognize that it was gravely incompetent to do it this haphazardly and against the advice of all military leaders. Later, Col. Richard Kemp (Ret.) commander of the United Kingdom's military forces in Afghanistan, calls in to articulate that the execution of this US withdrawal is a disaster. The morale of the brave men of the fledgling Afghan military has collapsed more devastatingly than the country itself; what Biden's done is a disgrace. Afterward, Sean Parnell, a retired Army infantry captain, and veteran of Afghanistan calls in to highlight how Biden hasn't even spoken with the Prime minister of Pakistan about the exfiltration and this blame falls squarely on the 'suits, not the boots.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

He's here.

0:02.0

He's here.

0:04.0

Now broadcasting from the underground command post.

0:07.0

Deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker,

0:10.0

somewhere under the brick and steel of a non-distrib building.

0:14.0

We've once again made contact with our leader, Mark.

0:18.0

Love them.

1:18.0

Hello America, Mark Levin.

1:34.0

Our number is 877-381-3811-877-3813811.

1:41.0

Today's program will be focused on Afghanistan

1:47.0

and the consequences of what's been done

1:52.0

and how it relates, yes, to what might happen to our own country.

1:58.0

You know, I just have to take exception to some of my friends on TV and radio.

2:03.0

I just do.

2:05.0

We were not at war in Afghanistan for 20 years.

2:12.0

We had troops in Afghanistan.

2:16.0

Our combat forces were removed in 2014.

2:21.0

We were in a backup role for the most part to the Afghan military.

2:27.0

Intelligence, air power.

2:33.0

And we trained, as the Wall Street Journal pointed out,

2:37.0

the Afghan military to basically fight as the American military does.

2:43.0

A coordination of troops with air power, obviously no naval power necessary.

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