The architect of those attacks, Osama Bin Laden, is dead, but the taliban has rebounded. As washington and nato pivot away from afghanistan, the ability of the government and Security Forces to maintain stability will be tested. Afghanistan, next on great decisions. [announcer] great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association, in association with thomson reuters. Funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. [narrator] afghanistan sits at the crossroads of the middle east, russia, and south asia. For centuries it has been a focal point of both trade and war. Afghans are very proud people, and because of our strategic location, we have been resisting the super powers. We have fought ghengis khan, tamerlane, alexander the great, the british, the soviet union. So really the idea of accepting the dominance of another country, is not in the gene of the afghans. Afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires because its a very rugged, dry g
Im peter doocy. By 2010, the cia was focused on a compound in pakistan where it was believed Osama Bin Laden was living. After much deliberation, president obama made the call to send in a hand picked group of men from the Naval Special Warfare Development group, s. E. A. L. Team 6. They spent two weeks training on mockups of the compound here the helicopters we have it down to a science. We have folding camping chairs, tripods so we could maximize space. Some guys sitting on them, some below them. I had a dog right next to me. Pretty loud inside so nobodys really talking to each other. We dont need to talk. Kind of looking around, seeing how people are reacting. Were hearing from the pilots every now and then. Very comforting because the army picked the very pilots in the world to fly this mission. 15 minutes later two Chinook Helicopters take off loaded with another sfaudquadron of s. E. A. L. S. Rescue force in case anything goes wrong. Now we know were inside. At this point you cou
Im peter doocy. By 2010, the cia was focused on a compound in pakistan where it was believed Osama Bin Laden was living. After much deliberation, president obama made the call to send in a hand picked group of men from the Naval Special Warfare Development group, s. E. A. L. Team 6. They spent two weeks training on mockups of the compound here the helicopters we have it down to a science. We have folding camping chairs, tripods so we could maximize space. Some guys sitting on them, some below them. I had a dog right next to me. Pretty loud inside so nobodys really talking to each other. We dont need to talk. Kind of looking around, seeing how people are reacting. Were hearing from the pilots every now and then. Very comforting because the army picked the very pilots in the world to fly this mission. 15 minutes later two Chinook Helicopters take off loaded with another sfaudquadron of s. E. A. L. S. Rescue force in case anything goes wrong. Now we know were inside. At this point you cou
That was a great one. He was going to interrupt the show to get him some more. Or, b, the more likely scenario, as hollywood has taught us, when a black president interrupts your show a meteor is headed towards the earth. So i start flipping around. Im flipping around, right . Im flipping around. Its clear all the news people know what this is but they cant say it yet. And this goes on for like a half an hour. Its going to be the president addressing the nation from the east room at the white house. We can only speculate on what that might be. What ive learned from government officials, this is the result of an incident that the United States initiated. We think, we think what . What do we think . A c. I. A. Operation. Can i say overseas . Yes, yes, yes. I can say it had something to do with something overseas. Yes. A brave, serious c. I. A. Operation overseas. Jon can i say that it involves a bearded dialysis patient . Can i say its more extremist than a bread box . No . For gods sake
But the taliban has rebounded. As washington and nato pivot away from afghanistan, the ability of the government and Security Forces to maintain stability will be tested. Afghanistan, next on great decisions. [announcer] great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association, in association with thomson reuters. Funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. [narrator] afghanistan sits at the crossroads of the middle east, russia, and south asia. For centuries it has been a focal point of both trade and war. Afghans are very proud people, and because of our strategic location, we have been resisting the super powers. We have fought ghengis khan, tamerlane, alexander the great, the british, the soviet union. So really the idea of accepting the dominance of another country, is not in the gene of the afghans. Afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires because its a very rugged, dry generally, typography. Neither the russians, nor the britis