54 分鐘
Episode 152: Afghanistan - From Then to Now Evidence of Design
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- 政治
In this episode we discuss the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban re-takeover.
The costs from United States' 20 year war are steep: 250,000 lives (83x those that died 9/11) and over $2.2 trillion ($11,000,000 an hour over the past 20 years) of debt-financed spending.
We revisit clips from the Bush Administration in 2001 and hear their demands of the Taliban and projections for how the war would go.
From a conventional war, to counterinsurgency, to nation building, to training security forces, to withdrawal and, now, to armed oversight of evacuation, U.S. involvement has been varied and challenged.
Thanks for joining us.
In this episode we discuss the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban re-takeover.
The costs from United States' 20 year war are steep: 250,000 lives (83x those that died 9/11) and over $2.2 trillion ($11,000,000 an hour over the past 20 years) of debt-financed spending.
We revisit clips from the Bush Administration in 2001 and hear their demands of the Taliban and projections for how the war would go.
From a conventional war, to counterinsurgency, to nation building, to training security forces, to withdrawal and, now, to armed oversight of evacuation, U.S. involvement has been varied and challenged.
Thanks for joining us.
54 分鐘