The Ugly Truth About America’s Longest War

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🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On Monday, the Washington Post published a damning account of America’s war in Afghanistan. Titled “The Afghanistan Papers,” the report features dozens of interviews with people directly involved in the war, detailing the lies, deception, and misleading of the public that kept the war going. At once shocking and completely unsurprising, the papers are a secret history of America’s longest war. Guest: Fred Kaplan writes for Slate and is the author of the forthcoming book The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War, due out in January 2020. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tampa Bay
0:02.0	Where you feel the warmth of the sand under your feet by day
0:06.0	and the beat of downtown by night.
0:09.0	Make it a holiday of a lifetime on Florida's golf coast.
0:13.0	With beaches that stretch for miles, a vibrant waterfront scene
0:18.0	and incredible theme parks just a top-down drive away.
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0:25.0	at your local store on the phone
0:27.0	or a Virgin holiday stock road at UK.
0:36.0	Five years back, the Inspector General overseeing Afghanistan's reconstruction
0:41.0	started this project.
0:43.0	It was called Lessons Learned.
0:45.0	Lessons Learned is a phrase within the military.
0:48.0	There is something called the Office of Lessons Learned in the Army.
0:51.0	This is Fred Kaplan.
0:52.0	He is Slates Worst Warriors columnist.
0:55.0	And it helps in educating.
0:58.0	It feeds back into military doctrine that affects training in the future.
1:06.0	How many battles do they reconcile?
1:09.0	All of them.
1:10.0	All of them.
1:16.0	Like a battle that was done in Iraq two years ago.
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