Expressed. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle after almost 2 decades of war and occupation American Military involvement in afghanistan appears to be winding down a deal with the taliban well see a bill majority of american troops leave while still allowing a sizable contingent to remain just what exactly is washingtons geo political interests to be in afghanistan will americas longest war ever end. Talking up to an extent im joined by my guess it is our guardian in kabul he is the director of center for development of peace studies in lake jackson we cross to Daniel Mcadams he is the executive director of the ron paul ince. For peace and prosperity and in boston we have max abrams he is a professor of Political Science and Northeastern University as well as author of rules for rebels the science of victory in militant history all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate
Follow and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle after almost 2 decades of war and occupation American Military involvement in afghanistan appears to be winding down a deal with the taliban will see the majority of american troops leave while still allowing a sizable contingent to remain just what exactly is washingtons geo political interests to be in afghanistan will americas longest war ever end. Talking up ghanas then im joined by my guess is our guardian in kabul he is the director of center for development and peace studies in lake jackson we cross to Daniel Mcadams he is the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for peace and prosperity and in boston we have max abrams he is a professor of Political Science at northeastern unit. As well as author of rules for rebels the science of victory in militant history or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate daniel let me go to you theyr
Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle after almost 2 decades of war and occupation American Military involvement in afghanistan appears to be winding down a deal with the taliban the majority of american troops leave while still allowing a sizable contingent to remain just what exactly is washingtons geo political interest to be in afghanistan will americas longest war ever end. Cross talking afghanistan im joined by my guest. He is the director of center for development and peace studies in lake jackson we cross to Daniel Mcadams he is the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for peace and prosperity and am boston we have max abrams he is a professor of Political Science at Northeastern University as well as author of rules for rebels the science of victory in militant history or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate daniel let me go to you theyre talking about a Peace Pr
Good morning and welcome to the wilson center. I hope you liked our movie and i think you will really like this event. Chicago council engage or retreat. Im jane harmon, the president and ceo of the wilson center. Im a rm toer nineterm member of congress. And happy to be here, a place where we engage in bipartisan, civil conversation. Deep research and active thinking about the future of our world. In that spirit, let me introduce the fifth time that evo dalder and the Chicago Council is here. Its a Great Partnership that we have with the Chicago Council and in this report and prior reports its an enduring alliance. Its also reassuring to me to learn the good news in this report. That by huge bipartisan margins continue to support an active u. S. Role in Foreign Policy and world affairs. Much of the vision for that role, a little brag here started with Woodrow Wilson. Who served as president a century ago. Wilsons words are on the wall. Part of the quotes say this. It is a fearful thin
Media were to back to 2001 i remember person bush assertion in the senate and he was telling that were going to afghanistan to do 4 fundamental things number one we have to cripple terrorism in the country because that had been have been the sponsor for the day and we have to them 2nd was the Sustainable Economic Development there was the forces improvement in finally the human rights and democracy off to teen years lets judge the whole mission with the result we have right now in haint i think there has been some wrong military started some duty tricks some political or wrong maneuvers both by the afghan go i mean by that is not allies and also the United States i hope that you should have been doing grant just recently you know him and his honesty and its our idea you can go through checking all the boxes you want but nation building for afghanistan is an utter complete failure its cost about a trillion dollars thousands of american troops countless numbers of afghans ok let me go ov