More than 71,000 Civilians Were Killed in the U.S. War in Afghanistan
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the end to the 20-year U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. The government of Afghanistan has collapsed without a fight, in the face of a lightning offensive by the Taliban following the announcement that US forces were leaving Afghanistan. Joe Biden went on national television yesterday to defend his decision to end the war. Biden acknowledged, in essence, that the US had been defeated and retaining military forces in Afghanistan would never change the outcome. The panel also discusses the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the new court ruling on the federal eviction moratorium, the latest on the rise of the far right, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | In a bitter and humiliating end to the 20-year U.S. occupation, the government of Afghanistan |
| 0:05.9 | has collapsed without a fight in the face of a lightning offensive by the Taliban following |
| 0:10.8 | the announcement that U.S. forces were leaving Afghanistan. |
| 0:14.7 | Joe Biden went on national television yesterday to defend his decision to end the war. |
| 0:19.6 | Biden acknowledged, in essence, that the U.S. had been defeated |
| 0:22.2 | and retaining military forces in Afghanistan would never change the outcome. |
| 0:28.1 | We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:32.1 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:36.4 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist Program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:08.9 | It's August 17th, 2021. |
| 1:11.2 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:16.1 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
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| 1:28.5 | I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Evarim, Walter Smalerick, and our host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:34.1 | Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast on the ground at on thegroundshow.org. |
| 1:40.1 | Make sure to check out on the ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:44.0 | As I mentioned in the introduction, President Biden took to national TV yesterday, |
| 1:49.3 | and we're going to start this show here today with a clip from his appearance. |
| 1:55.0 | We will conclude our military withdrawal. |
| 1:58.6 | We'll end America's longest war after 20 long years of bloodshed. |
| 2:04.6 | The events we're seeing now are sadly proof that no amount of military force would ever deliver |
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