The "Pentagon Papers" Of Our Time

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🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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A monumental report from the Washington Post reveals years of lies, futility and corruption.

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0:00.0	This is an OTM podcast Extra. I'm Bob Garfield.
0:04.2	It started on a Sunday, October 7, 2001.
0:08.8	Pentagon sources have confirmed that the U.S. strike has, in fact, begun,
0:14.0	that what we are seeing and hearing in Kabul are, in fact,
0:17.9	the sights and sounds coming from a U.S.-led attack on positions in and around Kabul.
0:23.6	A short time ago, Ari Fleischer, the president's spokesman, came out in a very terse, direct
0:29.0	statement said we are beginning another front in our war against terrorism so that freedom
0:34.2	can prevail over fear.
0:42.3	We did not ask for this mission, but we will fulfill it.
0:46.5	The name of today's military operation is enduring freedom.
0:50.9	Freedom? Not really, but enduring? Oh, yeah.
0:55.0	The air campaign is in his 20th day to day. The Pentagon denies the campaign is getting bogged down in Afghanistan.
0:59.0	The bombing campaign is causing more civilian casualties and more public protests.
1:04.0	President Bush addressed more than 10,000 soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home of the 101st Airborne Division.
1:11.6	We fight now and we will keep on fighting until our victory is complete.
1:16.6	We're on the offense now, instead of the defensive.
1:21.6	It's good to get out here on the offense.
1:23.6	This effort must be based on performance.
1:26.6	The days of providing a blank check are over.
1:29.3	We are now able to pursue a possible political solution
1:36.3	to this long and bloody conflict.
1:42.3	And though premonitions of a Vietnam-like Quagmire were voiced early and often, back in
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