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Chaos in Kabul while Pentagon plays dumb (Full show)

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Despite possessing the world’s most sophisticated military minds and equipment, Pentagon officials don’t know how many Al Qaeda remain in Afghanistan. Or are they just playing dumb? In their vagueness before the Washington press corps, they may be bracing for domestic political blowback as the Biden administration doubles down on its swift withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of expensive failure despite opposition from both Democratic and Republican members of Congress. … Read More >Chaos in Kabul while Pentagon plays dumb (Full show)

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US puppets from the Shah to Saddam to Pinochet — Ghani too? (Full show)

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Rick Sanchez examines Ashraf Ghani’s ties to the US establishment and dares ask whether the deposed Afghan president ever had his own country’s interests in mind, then looks from the Dominican Republic to Chile to Iran to Iraq to elucidate the history of Washington’s foreign policy puppetry. … Read More >US puppets from the Shah to Saddam to Pinochet — Ghani too? (Full show)

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America’s hasty retreat from Afghanistan should be warning to Ukraine that it can’t count on Washington – Russian security chief

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As US forces scramble to evacuate their diplomats and local staff from Kabul, one of Russia’s top defense officials has said that other states dependent on support from the White House must be aware it can be withdrawn suddenly. … Read More >America’s hasty retreat from Afghanistan should be warning to Ukraine that it can’t count on Washington – Russian security chief

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Pakistan’s UN ambassador and Jimmy Dore on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan (E1045)

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, Munir Akram. He discusses India blocking Pakistan from joining the discussion at the UN Security Council between countries in the region over the Afghanistan crisis, the speed of the collapse of the Afghan government, Pakistan’s operations with regional countries to reach a political settlement in Afghanistan, Russia’s initiatives in the Afghan peace proces … Read More >Pakistan’s UN ambassador and Jimmy Dore on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan (E1045)

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A Tale of Two Withdrawals: Why Soviet and US Pull-Outs From Afghanistan Were So Different

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Washington’s disorganised and haphazard pull-out from Kabul comes in sharp contrast to how the USSR left the country in February 1989, says American independent journalist Max Parry, recalling how the US political establishment tried to create a Vietnam-style Afghan quagmire … Read More >A Tale of Two Withdrawals: Why Soviet and US Pull-Outs From Afghanistan Were So Different

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32 years after he pulled USSR out of Afghanistan, Gorbachev says America’s failed war was also a ‘bad idea from the beginning’

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The US should have admitted failure earlier in Afghanistan, but now is time to learn lessons and not repeat mistakes. That’s according to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who pulled his forces out of the same country in 1989. … Read More >32 years after he pulled USSR out of Afghanistan, Gorbachev says America’s failed war was also a ‘bad idea from the beginning’

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Angry panel skewers ‘clownish’ US foreign policy & media lies (Full show)

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Is all that has happened as the US ends its efforts in Afghanistan really as catastrophic as US media is currently reporting, or are US journalists overplaying a war they have all but ignored for more than a decade? Rick Sanchez argues that the outcome of the US invasion and ill-considered withdrawal was only unexpected to those not paying attention. … Read More >Angry panel skewers ‘clownish’ US foreign policy & media lies (Full show)