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A tragic end to 20 years in Afghanistan

Pod Save the World

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Is It to Defeat the Talibin?

i think the original sin is george bush goes into afghanistan. Is it to defeat the talibin? No, remember, we had to walk that back in the media and it was like a big deal with the pentagon. And having made that decision right to nation build, to then pivot and invade and occupy a rock and throw far more resources at that. That's the original sin here,. We never recovered from that if we were going to nation build inAfghanistan. A lot of countries have attempted to nation building in afghanistan and have failed catastrophically.

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