Gen. Keane Blasts ‘Ill-Conceived, Embarrassing’ Afghanistan Retreat: Fox News, Aug. 13, 2021 — Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane questions why an evacuation is happening in the heart of the Mideast fighting season.
Former Israeli Ambassador Warns: Fall of Afghanistan Shows Israel Must Rely on Itself: Algemeiner, Aug. 15, 2021 — A former Israeli ambassador sounded a warning on Sunday in the wake of the Taliban’s lightning takeover of Afghanistan, saying it shows that Israel must rely on itself for its own defense.
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https://isranet.org/analysis/bidens-afghan-blunder/
https://isranet.org/analysis/whats-inside-the-us-deal-with-the-taliban-to-end-war-and-bring-home-troops/
Failure For The U.S., John Bolton Says: NPR, Aug. 16, 2021 — NPR’s Noel King talks to former national security adviser John Bolton about what the U.S. can do now that the Afghan government has collapsed, and the Taliban have taken over the capital Kabul.
Mapping Taliban Contested and Controlled Districts in Afghanistan: Created by Bill Roggio, FDD’s Long War Journal, Weekly time lapse video of the Taliban’s Advance | Apr 13 to Present Semi-Yearly time lapse of Afghanistan’s districts | Nov 2017 to Present –– For nearly two decades, the government of Afghanistan – with the help of U.S. and coalition forces – battled for control of the country against the ever-present Afghan Taliban.
Mike Pompeo Calls Out Biden’s ‘Pathetic Blame Shifting’ On Afghanistan: Fox News, Aug. 15, 2021 — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argues President Biden should be less focused on trying to blame the problem in Afghanistan on the Trump administration and should focus on ‘making sure that we protect and defend American security.’
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Spencer Ackerman: NY Times, Includes podcast, Aug. 10, 2021 — I’m Ezra Klein, and this is “The Ezra Klein Show.” My guest today is somebody I’ve known almost as long as I’ve been in journalism. Spencer Ackerman is a leading national security reporter. He’s the author of the newsletter “Forever Wars,” he’s a contributing editor at The Daily Beast, and he’s a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that reported on Edward Snowden’s surveillance revelations. But now he’s out with a new book, his first book, “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump.”