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NBC Tattle-Tales on Trump, Claiming He Wants Out of Afghanistan

Which they take at face value and also to be a horrible, cynical thing to do. Which, if it's at all true, then it probably is for political reasons, but so what? Doesn't that just mean that that's what the American people -- the right even -- want to happen, and that he'd be carrying out their popular will? Heaven forfend. "The Trump administration intends to announce the drawdown of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early next week, according to three current and former U.S. officials. The withdrawal will leave between 8,000 and 9,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the officials said. ......

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12/13/19 Jerrod Laber on America’s Futile War in Afghanistan

Scott talks to Jerrod Laber about the status of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan following the Washington Post's release of their "Afghanistan Papers" last week. Laber thinks that if and when American troops leave, things are sure to get worse in the short term. The Afghan government is likely to collapse, and the Taliban will be able to consolidate power in many regions of the country. As things begin to stabilize, however, he and Scott think it will start to get better for the Afghan people, who will no longer be caught in America's senseless war. In any case, the sooner we can withdraw,...

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Afghan War Disaster Continues On

NYT: At Least 23 Soldiers Killed in Insider Attack in Afghanistan At least 23 [ANA] soldiers were killed while they were sleeping on Saturday in an insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest episode of enemy infiltration that has raised concerns about a new local military force billed as the hope for holding territory recaptured from the Taliban. The Taliban infiltrator, who was on duty at a military base in Ghazni Province, opened fire on his colleagues, wiping out almost the whole unit, officials said. The attacker then seized all weapons and equipment in the base...

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12/13/19 Adam Wunische on the Real Lesson From the Afghanistan Papers

Adam Wunische discusses the fact that Afghans overwhelmingly want U.S. troops out of their country—and they are also optimistic about the chances for a peaceful resolution to the resultant power vacuum. Scott has always said there's a strong chance that the civil strife that has plagued the country for years will just continue in America's absence, but that that is no reason to stay. Still, it is possible that the various factions vying for control will be able to reasonably negotiate a peace. Discussed on the show: "Survey Finds Afghans Want U.S. Troops to Leave" (Responsible Statecraft)...

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Phoenix, Arizona Police Officer David Morris is a Criminal

Doesn't he know that it's a deadly sin to bear false witness against an innocent person? Hopefully something truly terrible will happen to him by random chance. Because God knows he will never be held accountable by the pretended "law." Phoenix PD Detective Kemp Layden is also scum. I wonder how he feels knowing that whenever anyone searches his name they will see that he's a complete disgrace to his badge, his country, his community, his family. From now on. Forever. His one chance at life, and he completely blew it. Like Officer David Morris, being a sub-human piece of shit is the only...

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