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What went wrong with the Afghanistan withdrawal? @sethmoulton wants to know and joins @mehdirhasan tonight.
7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/S9oqju2Rkd8
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Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan hasn’t come without controversy, but @Hina_RKhar wants people to focus on where the country is at today.
“1996 and 2021 Pakistan are very different...Please do not judge the Pakistan of 2021 by the role that Pakistan played in 1996.”
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How did a ragtag group like the Taliban become so formidable? You can’t understand that without understanding the power of neighboring Pakistan’s intelligence services, the ISI. @mehdirhasan explains:
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Mehdi: “Just to be clear for our viewers, Eli: Were you saying that we should be there for another 20 years, or for how long?”
Eli: “However long it takes...”
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Mehdi: "Why should we believe [the generals] when they now try and corner a fourth president into staying for 'just a few more years! Victory is just around the corner!'?"
Eli: "Well, I didn't say victory. I said stalemate."
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.@mehdirhasan: Why should thousands of US troops stay in Afghanistan indefinitely, or even a few more months, to fight an unwinnable war with the Taliban on behalf of people who aren't interested in fighting it?
@EliLake: Because a stalemate is preferable to a Taliban takeover.
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As the world focuses on the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, @mehdirhasan talks with fmr. Foreign Minister of Pakistan @Hina_RKhar about her country's role in the region.
Tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/Bl7zRNcfDto
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Tonight, @EliLake and @mehdirhasan continue their debate over how much longer U.S. troops should stay in Afghanistan.
Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/Bl7zRNcfDto
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In light of what’s happened in Afghanistan, @MehdiRHasan asks, why should anyone believe anything that the U.S. president, U.S. generals, or U.S. diplomats have to say about the success of our wars abroad? @ColJackJacobs agrees the military’s trust has taken a big hit. WATCH:
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Will the impending Taliban takeover in Afghanistan further tarnish the United State’s foreign policy reputation? @vali_nasr tells @MehdiRHasan, “there is no minimizing the symbolism of the United States losing so totally to an Islamic insurgence.”
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.@mehdirhasan asks Afghanistan war vet @RepJasonCrow: Can he guarantee that members of Congress "will do everything in [their] power to make sure bureaucracy doesn't get in the way of getting Afghans who need to get out of that country out of there ASAP?"
Listen to his answer:
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At what point does Congress start reining in presidents who start wars without an exit strategy? @MehdiRHasan asks @RepJasonCrow. “We are long past due for that. We can’t do blank checks anymore.”
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.@RoyaRahmani was Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States. Today, from Washington, she looks at the country of her birth and feels a flood of emotions.
"I feel betrayed," she tells @mehdirhasan. "I feel hopeless":
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“Every year that we don’t act costs people their lives.”
Immigration activist @lorellapraeli explains the stakes for millions of undocumented people who are still waiting on comprehensive immigration reform… and a path to citizenship.
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The amount of pregnant women skipping the Covid vaccine is revealing cracks in the health care system... and a lack of trust in doctors.
“We are all operating in a context of mistrust,” says high-risk obstetrician @ChaviKar, and “mistrust is costly.”
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Today’s census data show the U.S. is getting more diverse and urban… but given GOP control over many states’ redistricting, FairVote senior fellow @davedaley3 warns, “You are looking at probably a 12- to 14-seat advantage Republicans will pick up due to redistricting alone.”
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Just two states — Florida and Texas — account for 40% of Covid hospitalizations across the U.S.
@JulianCastro shares his perspective about what went so wrong in his home state of Texas.
Watch tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV: peacocktv.com/watch/playback…
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Mehdi asks @SpikeFeresten, writer of the famous Seinfeld "soup nazi" episode, whether TV like that could be made today.
Maybe not, but "the goalposts change, and it's your job to write something that fits within those goalposts," he says. "It's always been that way."
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Culture wars have turned many people against anything “green,” including electric cars. But @SpikeFeresten says there’s just something undeniable about this new wave of automotives:
“Let’s take politics out of it. These electric vehicles are cool!”
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Prosecutors keep cutting plea deals with Jan. 6 insurrectionists for misdemeanor "unlawful picketing and parading," with a maximum sentence of 6 months and $500.
"Judges increasingly are expressing their heartburn about that," says @MacFarlaneNews. "Judges say 'Why not more?'"
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