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
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
Moments tyrrell venture on the team are standing by in their washington studio if youd like to keep them company just people watching. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business im show business ill see if that. 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. The republicans you kn
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
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 pointedly commenting that there are fewer and fewer spaces that exist to examine the experiences of war and the toll theyve taken on both americans and the citizens of other nations for whom the cost of recent conflicts is almost insurmountable yet too often for. And that my friends is why when it comes to americas war there was