The Afghanistan Debacle

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Join Jim and Greg as they discuss and dissect the sequence of horrible events in Afghanistan and the flat-footed planning and response from the Biden administration. They detail the rapid advancement of the Taliban into Kabul and how it is already executing people in the streets plus the mass chaos at the airport as thousands and thousands of Afghans are desperately seeking to leave to country. They also wonder where President Biden was for the past few days, as Americans heard nothing from him, Vice President Harris or Press Secretary Jen Psaki for days as Afghanistan collapsed. And they shudder as Chinese state media is already telling Taiwan that war is coming and they have no reason to think the U.S. will defend it.

Please visit our great sponsors:

Theragun
https://therabody.com/martini
Try Theragun for 30-days starting at only $199.

My Pillow
https://mypillow.com/martini
Get the 6-piece My Pillow Towel Set for only $39.99!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Three Martini Lunch.
0:05.1	Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.9	Three Martinis coming up.
0:13.7	Still no good Martinis if you're with us on Friday.
0:16.0	You know that was the case then, but obviously no good Martinis today as we devote our podcast
0:22.0	to the unfolding chaos and just spectacle of humiliation in Afghanistan.
0:30.3	And so Jim let's start right off.
0:32.6	We finally have someone first of all from the Biden administration who's actually willing
0:35.7	to go on camera.
0:36.7	It's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan who made the rounds this morning on the
0:40.2	network.
0:41.2	Morning shows.
0:42.2	Not sure he helped the administration a whole lot.
0:44.4	First of all, here's Savannah Guthrie from the NBC's today show.
0:47.3	Not usually one to be too tough on the Democrats.
0:50.0	Really hammering Sullivan about what's gone wrong here in a big way.
0:53.4	Mr Sullivan, friends and foes alike are calling this withdrawal a fiasco, a debacle.
1:00.5	And it is one that apparently the administration did not fully appreciate or see coming.
1:04.7	Let me play you some of what the president himself has said in the last six weeks or so.
1:09.8	Likelihood, there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole
1:14.9	country is highly unlikely.
1:16.5	Do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in Vietnam with some people
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Radio America, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Radio America and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.