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Reflections on Afghanistan w/ Dr. Stephen Zunes

Reflections on Afghanistan w/ Dr. Stephen Zunes

Released Thursday, 19th August 2021
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Reflections on Afghanistan w/ Dr. Stephen Zunes

Reflections on Afghanistan w/ Dr. Stephen Zunes

Reflections on Afghanistan w/ Dr. Stephen Zunes

Reflections on Afghanistan w/ Dr. Stephen Zunes

Thursday, 19th August 2021
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On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our series exploring the past 20 years of U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. Dr. Stephen Zunes, founder of the Middle East Studies Program at USF, joins us to discuss his thoughts on the latest developments as well as to pushback on attacks on Biden's decision to withdrawal, especially from the right-wing. Additionally, Dr. Zunes and I spend a great deal of time discussing why he was against the invasion and bombing of Afghanistan by U.S. forces even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Zunes argued at the early onset of the plans for intervention that the actions taken by the Bush administration and later continued by Obama and the administrations that followed him were playing right into the hands of Osama Bin Laden. We also discuss the issue of women's rights, where Afghanistan will go from here under Taliban rule, why Zunes believes Biden took a brave stand in going forward with the withdrawal, the need for an investigation into the botching of the exit strategy, the problem of military vs. economic/infrastructure development in the Afghan mission, and much, much more.

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