Was the Real Scandal That the Us?

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Withdrawal from viat nama is a disaster for us, because we've shown to be weak, andthe can't come up with alternatives. The media do not ask the real questions, how come we occupied for so long and achieve nothing? And how come we couldn't build any real support in that country at all which would fight for us or with us? It's a sort of ox fam view of politics. Go in, give a few people something to eat and starving african villages, then come out and feel we can all feel good again. That was what basicle didit. They did. And no one can feel good.

Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahideen war; the rise of the Taliban; and the 2001 US-led NATO invasion through the recent US defeat and withdrawal. Plus, a lot about Pakistan. Pre-order Ali's forthcoming book The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold versobooks.com/books/3939-the-forty-year-war-in-afghanistan Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter