U.S. Massacres Entire Civilian Family in Drone Strike as it Exits Afghanistan
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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🗓️ 31 August 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the latest in Afghanistan, including the U.S. drone missile strike in Afghanistan that wiped out a family of 10 people, all civilians, including several young children. They also discuss the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida and the urgent struggle to prevent 11 million evictions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling last week striking down the federal moratorium.
The following news articles and documents were referenced in this episode:
Evacuations From Kabul Wind Down as U.S. Prepares to Pull Last Troops
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/world/asia/afghanistan-evacuations.html
Is the U.S.-installed Afghan government doomed?
https://www.liberationnews.org/is-the-u-s-installed-afghan-government-doomed/
Report Portrays a Broken C.I.A. Devoted to a Failed Approach
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/world/senate-torture-report-shows-cia-infighting-over-interrogation-program.html
Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/committee-study-central-intelligence-agencys-detention-and-interrogation-program
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| 0:00.0 | As it leaves Afghanistan, the U.S. carries out a drone missile strike that wipes out a family of 10 people, all civilians, including several young children. |
| 0:11.2 | We'll talk about Afghanistan and what comes next. |
| 0:14.3 | We'll also discuss the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida and the urgent struggle to prevent 11 million evictions in the wake of the |
| 0:21.0 | Supreme Court's ruling last week, striking down the federal moratorium. |
| 0:25.8 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded |
| 0:31.9 | impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. I'm Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist Program with Brian Becker. It's August 31st, 2021. This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:14.5 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:19.3 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com |
| 1:24.0 | slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:27.2 | I'm Nicole Roussel, here with Walter Smalerick and our host Brian Becker. |
| 1:31.8 | Esther Evarim is out today and she's also the host of the radio show and podcast on the ground |
| 1:36.6 | at on the ground show.org. Make sure to check out on the ground which comes out weekly on |
| 1:41.3 | Fridays. Brian, there's been so much news coming out of |
| 1:45.1 | Afghanistan. Why don't we start with that story? Well, we need to. Today is the last day of what is |
| 1:51.8 | described in the media as the United States longest war. Of course, it's not really the longest |
| 1:57.1 | war, as we said last week, the war waged by the U.S. government and before it, |
| 2:03.1 | the precursor colonial forces against the indigenous people in North America was by far a longer |
| 2:09.7 | war. But in modern times, the war in Afghanistan is indeed the longest war. Joe Biden said |
| 2:16.8 | several months ago, the U.S. was going to |
| 2:18.6 | pull all of its troops out of Afghanistan by September 11th. He intended to have that be a good |
| 2:26.1 | day for him to come to the podium on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks and say, |
| 2:32.3 | we finally ended the war, mission accomplished. |
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