The Illusion of a US Withdrawal in Afghanistan with Robbie Martin
Unlimited Hangout with Whitney Webb
Whitney Webb
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Whitney and Robbie Martin of Media Roots discuss the Biden administration’s plan to withdraw some, but not all, US military personnel from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year. The real reasons for the US invasion, the CIA’s role in Afghanistan pre- and post-invasion and the parallels between Biden’s withdrawal plan and that of his predecessor Donald Trump are also discussed. Whitney and Robbie also cover the recent confirmation of the US Capitol Police stand-down order on January 6th and the disturbing background of the military bases in Texas currently housing migrant children at the US-Mexico border.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome back to Unlimited Hangout, I'm your host Whitney Webb. |
| 0:23.5 | Today I'm joined once again by Robbie Martin of Media Roots to discuss three topics in |
| 0:28.1 | US politics and foreign policy that are really relevant today, including Biden's recent |
| 0:32.9 | announcement on Afghanistan, the US-Mexico border crisis, particularly regarding migrant |
| 0:37.6 | children and recent revelations regarding the events of the US Capitol on January 6th. |
| 0:43.1 | Great to have you back, Robbie. |
| 0:44.2 | How's it going? |
| 0:45.2 | It's going well. |
| 0:46.2 | Thanks for having me back, Whitney. |
| 0:48.0 | Well, absolutely. |
| 0:49.0 | So, since we're hoping to cover a lot today, I'm keeping the intro a little shorter than |
| 0:53.4 | normal. |
| 0:54.4 | Those of you that don't know, Robbie, he is a documentary filmmaker, musician, and |
| 0:58.6 | host of the Media Roots podcast, and also main politics on YouTube. |
| 1:03.5 | And not to inflate your ego too much, Robbie, but you are definitely one of the most |
| 1:06.6 | well-versed people I know on the Neo Conservatives or Neocons as they're popularly called. |
| 1:12.2 | And you have a great documentary series on their rise called a very heavy agenda that |
| 1:16.3 | I encourage everyone to check out. |
| 1:18.4 | So one really important aspect you explore in that series is how the Bush era Neocons |
| 1:23.1 | became where we're closely connected to the Obama era, Neil Liberals. |
| 1:27.5 | And since then, we've seen people like that from both of those administrations later |
| 1:31.3 | hold prominent roles in the Trump and now Biden administrations. |
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