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Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal

Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal

BonusReleased Thursday, 19th August 2021
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Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal

Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal

Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal

Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal

BonusThursday, 19th August 2021
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John Robb & Jim meet for a timely discussion about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan...

John Robb & Jim meet for a timely discussion about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the current mess at the Kabul airport, how the Taliban are controlling the flow of evacuations, likely backroom negotiations, dynamics of the intelligence and command failures that led us here, the U.S.’s failure to switch from guerilla warfare to maneuver warfare, the overreliance on diplomacy, OODA loops & shears, tempo change, how the Taliban could force the U.S. into an overland retreat & whether they will, the brutality of nation-building, Afghanistan & Iraq as foreign-policy distractions, further examples & consequences of “assumption rot”, and more.

Episode TranscriptJRS - Currents 021: John Robb on Jan 6th, 2021John’s Patreon: Global Guerillas Report

John is an author, inventor, entrepreneur, technology analyst, astro engineer, and military pilot. He’s started numerous successful technology companies, including one in the financial sector that sold for $295 million and one that pioneered the software we currently see in use at Facebook and Twitter. John’s insight on technology and governance has appeared on the BBC, Fox News, National Public Radio, CNBC, The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek.

John served as a pilot in a tier-one counter-terrorism unit that worked alongside Delta and Seal Team 6. He wrote the book Brave New War on the future of national security, and has advised the Joint Chiefs of Staff, NSA, DoD, CIA, and the House Armed Services Committee.

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