Optimism in America’s Forever War

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Marty Skovlund Jr. first went to Afghanistan as an Army Ranger. This year he returned as a journalist. His reports offer a sharp contrast to the main narrative about a place that’s been at war for decades. He sees some hope in the form of Special Operations forces, along with well-trained commandos and police units. But are these really signs of peace to come?

Check out Skovlund’s excellent reporting on the War in Afghanistan over at Task and Purpose.

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0:00.0	Love this podcast.
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0:20.0	We're not leaving in Afghanistan anytime soon. I have a young three-year-old daughter.
0:22.0	She joins the military, she'll probably go to Afghanistan.
0:31.8	You're listening to War College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the
0:37.7	front lines.
0:38.7	Here are your hosts, Matthew Galt and Jason Fields.
0:43.0	Hello,
0:47.0	Hello, Welcome to war college. I'm Matthew Gault. And I'm Jason Field.
0:58.0	Afghanistan is America's longest war and, an absolute nightmare.
1:04.1	The Taliban continue to gain ground and American soldiers continue to lose their lives.
1:08.4	At least that's the current media narrative anyway.
1:11.0	Here with us today to talk about Afghanistan is Marty Scovlin Jr. a documentarian, journalist, and US Army vet.
1:17.0	He was previously on the show to talk about his time during the last days of the Standing Rock protests.
1:22.0	He's just back in the states after embedding with
1:24.3	Afghan Special Operations Forces where he covered the war for the website task and
1:28.5	purpose. Marty, thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me on guys.
1:33.0	It's always a pleasure.
1:34.0	It's always a pleasure to have you here too.
1:35.6	So let's get some basic stuff out of the way.
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