Afghanistan is not only the war that never ends and it goes on and on my friends it is now become generational multigenerational were fighting there has been passed down bother to son and mother to daughter here in the United States take the story of Master Sergeant trevor de boer who 1st applied to afghanistan back in 2002 and recently told stars and stripes quote when we started this people asked why i was going and my response was so my sons dont have to fight this war well through no fault of Master Sergeant aboard that mission has clearly failed as his son payton slopes has now is also served in afghanistan even at the very same Forward Operating base that his father served at this never ending war has even outlasted the New York Times special at war a section dedicated to covering it the times of war editor Loren Katzenberg took to twitter to announce that the paper will be ending its at war forum. Nibley commenting that there are fewer and fewer spaces that exist to examine the
Pandemic that has already claimed more than 225,000 american lives. We are 00 mere eight days away we are a mere eight days a away from a president ial election. Donald trump announced his nomination of judge barrett even before we could fully mourn the death of the great Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. And Senate Republicans then rushed this nomination to the senate floor. In doing so, they violated the rule that their leader, Mitch Mcconnell, imposed in 2016 which kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court after president obama nominated him in february of that year to fill the vacancy that arose with the death of justice antonin scalia. That rule was clear. That rule was concise. That rule was definitive. The senate would not consider a nomination to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court during a president ial election year. Many of my republican colleagues echoed leader mcconnells pledge. In fact, my colleague, senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the judiciary committee, admonished us to
Wrong. But all wrong just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out just they become active. And engaged because betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Greetings and sal you take us you know what the last president ial debate now finally upon us in the 2020 president ial campaigns entering the final stretch it has become clear that there is one topic one topic that neither us President Donald Trump or his challenger former Vice President joe biden wants to touch with a 19 and a half foot pole and that my friends is the u. S. War machine most specifically the longest running war in u. S. History afghanistan you see well Foreign Policy in general has been largely ignored on the campaign trail save for the hilarity of you know both sides hating on china spinning paranoid fantasies of evil foreign nations interfering in our elections are the republicans you know theyre screaming about iran and the democrats as usual are screaming about russia its the
Whats going on on a city the streets. That are so lets see the crisis you always stay ill see you wrong place great city displaced systemic deception is to late show which i would think so but you still. Welcome everyone watching the clock so i am Tyrone Ventura and joining us today to discuss this now multigenerational running war in afghanistan and the silence of Foreign Policy on the campaign trail is iraq war veteran and senior fellow at the center for International Policy matthew all matthew thank you for coming on as always. Matthew 10 years ago in 2009 you you resigned from your post in afghanistan with the u. S. Department of state over the continued. Because collation of the Afghanistan War and your Worst Nightmare of if you ever imagine that war would now become a multigenerational one. Know it if they drag me on my mind you not have you figured i would i would know enough. With you before i started looking. I also didnt expect to be your pain years after resigned still talki
Extremism when defending its core principles. And in the bundesliga live 6 trying to get a grip on the top spot. In form outclassed by the League Leaders with this early contender goal of the speech. Welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of difficult months ahead for the country with almost 8000 new corona virus infections recorded in the past 24 hours the highest figure since the start of the pandemic the chancellor is calling on germans to Work Together to stem the spread of the virus and tough measures have already been introduced in some parts of the country. Marson social distancing tighter coronavirus restrictions have been in force in the southwestern german city of stuttgart since wednesday there are bans on Drinking Alcohol after 11 pm and master obligatory in public squares in the city center many of those rules will now be extended to the rest of bard in the bag on monday the state premier is going to raise the corona virus threat alert to the hig