P&P Live! Craig Whitlock | THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS with Jim La Porta

What Are Your Thoughts on How We Can Prevent these Types of Mistakes in the Future from the Lies to the no Clear Goals of Winning

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Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: to defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives. Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public's understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains startling revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war, from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government's strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground. Purchase Book Here: https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9... Craig Whitlock is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post. He has covered the global war on terrorism for the Post since 2001 as a foreign correspondent, Pentagon reporter, and national security specialist. In 2019, his coverage of the war in Afghanistan won the George Polk Award for Military Reporting, the Scripps Howard Award for Investigative Reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Freedom of Information Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for international reporting. He has reported from more than sixty countries and is a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. James LaPorta is an investigative reporter for The Associated Press covering national security, the intelligence community and the U.S. military. He is a military advisor to the award-winning television show This is Us on NBC. ----------------------------------------------------Be Sure To Click SUBSCRIBE-------------------------------------------------------------- Visit us online at: http://www.politics-prose.com/ Follow us on Twitter: / politicsprose Follow us on instagram: / politicsprose Like us on Facebook: / politicsandprose Follow Us On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicsprose... Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter: https://politics-prose.us9.list-manag... Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online.