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“The Slow Drift Back”

Matters of Policy & Politics

English - August 16, 2021 23:20 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 351 ratings
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Taliban forces take control of Kabul and the visuals coming out of Afghanistan – Americans hastily evacuated, US-friendly Afghans desperate to join the exodus – evoke memories of Saigon in 1975. Joe Felter, a Hoover research fellow and counterinsurgency advisor in Afghanistan during his Army service, explains what went wrong in that nation and the impact on US foreign policy.