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Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

The Afghanistan Dumpster Fire That Political/Military Elites Refuse to Understand Ep 141

Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

Blaze Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Policy doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker.  This is doubly true for Afghanistan. Those who unquestionably support the effort to double-down on the current Afghanistan disaster while saying this is somehow a new strategy are not paying attention to what’s going on in the theater.  In this blockbuster episode of the Conservative Conscience, we invite Capt. Jarrin Jackson to discuss the reality on the ground in Afghanistan.  Using his war stories as a company commander during the height of the previous surge, he demonstrates why, by definition, what we are likely to do is more dangerous and costly nation building that needlessly risks the lives of our troops in pursuit of a utopian goal. While the president’s address was clearly aimed at appeasing conservatives by focusing on counter-terrorism and not nation building, the conditions were too ambiguous.  And given that the generals and the administration staff implementing this policy are all part of the problem, we are headed for the same results as the 2011 surge.  Jarrin, who is running for Congress, left the military because he was so frustrated about the political and military leadership not putting our interests first, following the Constitution, and having the proper regard for the lives of the troops under their command.    Key quote: Today’s generals are more political than politicians.” ~ Jarrin Jackson  Show links Welcome to the new Afghanistan policy – same as the old   What the political and military leaders don’t appreciate about sacrificing the lives of our troops Why Jarrin is challenging Mullin in Oklahoma   5 gigantic holes in the current Afghanistan plan 3 questions the president should ask his generals   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Conservative Conscious.

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In Washington, politicians are full of half-truths in hot air.

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The Conservative Conscious is here to help you cut through the rhetoric and noise and explore the politically right way to think about the issues.

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You'll dive into one of the most insightful conservative minds in America.

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Conservative Review Senior Editor, Daniel Horowitz.

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Using pure common sense and ignoring the groupthink,

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Daniel breaks down the major issues in Washington.

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You are now entering the Conservative Conscious.

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Welcome back to the Conservative Conscious.

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This is your host, Daniel Horowitz.

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And indeed, with our new intro music, we are growing by leaps and bounds.

0:40.0

The good news folks, we are actually looking to be syndicated and not happen in this week, but we might be on iHeartRadio.

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So I don't know how you guys download some people who go through the apps, Apple, Stitcher.

0:55.0

But there are going to be many other ways to hear this show.

0:59.0

And for good reason, a lot of you guys are looking to break through the hot air, break through the false dichotomy, the false talking points, the false choices that are presented to us.

1:11.0

And you're looking to not only discuss principles, but how they translate to today's challenges, how our view of governance on domestic policy, on foreign policy,

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relates to the reality of issues we're confronted with and with a great degree of specificity.

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That has always been my goal.

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And that's why we've taken one issue after another, whether it's health care, whether it's immigration, whether it's the courts.

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I'm going to have more articles coming out this week today as well.

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The courts are just on a rampage.

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We need judicial reform.

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