A
HUGE INTERNATIONAL STORY THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO GET MUCH PLAY IN
THE UNITED STATES INVOLVED A
GIGANTIC TERRORIST ATTACK IN KABUL WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF
AS MANY AS 150 PEOPLE.
THIS TERRORIST ATTACK WAS DONE IN THE
FORM OF A BOMB DURING RUSH HOUR, THAT IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE DIED
AS
A RESULT.
THESE ARE MUSLIM VICTIMS, AND SO MANY PEOPLE DIED
YET NO ONE SEEMS TO REALLY CARE
ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT ON ANYONE'S RADAR BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FROM
THE WESTERN WORLD, THEY ARE NOT AMERICANS OR FROM THE UK, SO WHO
CARES.
THIS TELL A MAN AFFILIATED GROUP IS ANGRY AT THE
FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE UNITED STATES PULLED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN
THEY ARE STILL A PRETTY STRONG
YOU MILITARY US PRESENCE THERE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THEORIES
BEHIND THIS ATTACK.
REGARDLESS
OF WHAT THEIR MOTIVATION WAS IT WAS BRUTAL, DEADLY, INCREDIBLY
VIOLENT.
IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE ARE MUSLIMS
THAT ARE THE VICTIMS OF DECEPTIVE TERRORISM AS WELL, YET
NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE MUCH ABOUT THAT.
AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT THE US PRESIDENCY HAS AN EFFECT ON IT.
BUT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY
CLASSIC TERRORISM.
WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ñ THE CURRENT
LEADER WANTS TO HAVE PEACE TALKS BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS DIRE
THERE.
IT IS POINTLESS TO HAVE PEACE TALKS WHILE A FOREIGN
POWER IS WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
OF COURSE IT'S POINTLESS FOR THEM
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE A STRONGER NEGOTIATING
POSITION.
WE TALKED AT THE PRODUCTION MEETING MONDAY
MORNING BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH THE
SITUATION HAPPENED.
BRYN MAWR IT'S REMARKABLE EVEN IN THAT
CONTEXT.
BUT THE PURCHASE THAT HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD,
THE SECURITY FORCES COMING OUT
AND SHOOTING INTO THE CROWD, TAKING A SITUATION THAT WAS
TREMENDOUS AND MAKING IT WORSE, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT.
AND THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE AFGHAN LEADER TO
STEP DOWN.
I
THINK THIS ALSO PROVIDES AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR AMERICANS TO REALLY RETHINK
THIS FOREIGN POLICY.
YOU REACH OUT TO HELP JOIN THE FIGHT
AGAINST TERRORISM, DON'T
DEMONIZE OR ANTAGONIZE THEM.
THEY ARE DEALING WITH THIS THE
SAME WAY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ñ TO A HIGHER
EXTENT.
YOU WANT TO REACH ACROSS THE OCEAN AND TELL THEM WE WANT
TO WORK WITH YOU INSTEAD OF
DEMONIZING THEM.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE TYPE OF RHETORIC WE ARE
SEEING?
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
TO TARGET THE MAYOR OF KABUL ON TWITTER AND ATTACK HIM
NEEDLESSLY.
IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF
AFGHANISTAN THAT IN THE PAST, ñ CORRECTS HE MEANS THEY CAN'T
RELY ON AMERICA TO TRY TO
RESOLVE A SITUATION THERE.
IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO GET
THE LESSON THAT WE CAN GO IN AND
FIX THESE PROBLEMS.
THE REGIONAL ALLIES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MUCH
MORE FAMILIAR CAN COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE SITUATION.
BASICALLY HE DOESN'T WANT TO RELY ON AMERICA AND HE
PROBABLY SHOULDN'T.
WE DO HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THE SCENE, IT IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FAIR
WARNING.
I SAW THE BRAD PITT MOVIE RECENTLY, WAR MACHINE, IT WAS
ABOUT AFGHANISTAN AND IT REALLY WAS ABOUT THE BANALITY OF
KILLING.
IT'S ABOUT HOW IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND HOW THERE
ARE TWO TYPES OF GENERALS, ONE WHO QUESTIONS WHAT THEY DO
ALWAYS IN THE OTHER ONES YOU
NEVER DO AND ALWAYS KEEP GOING.
COULD YOU THINK RISES TO THE
TOP?
THE ONES WHO NEVER QUESTION WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THAT IS
GROSS.
THEY SAY WE ARE IN A WORSE POSITION NOW AS FAR AS THE
UNITED STATES FIGHTING THE
TALIBAN.
WE ARE IN THE WORSE POSITION THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN
YEARS.
SO WE OFFICIALLY PULLED OUT YET WE MAINTAIN 8400
TROOPS, WHICH IS A LOT.
AND THERE ARE CALLS FOR TRUMP TO INCREASE MILITARY PRESENCE
IN AFGHANISTAN.
THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT SINCE THE INAUGURATION.
THERE WAS THE DROPPING OF THE
MOAB OR WHATEVER BUT HE IS ñ HE SAID HE WAS THE MOST
MILITARISTIC PRESIDENT ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
HE MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO BE ENCOURAGED.
THE
PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN IS
REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL DO
ANYTHING.
WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 16 YEARS ALREADY.
CLARK'S ALL I
KNOW IS OUR MILITARY PRESENCE, PREEMPTIVE WARS, FOREIGN-POLICY
HAS NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE.
GLOBAL TERRORISM IS WORSE TODAY THAN IT
WAS WHEN WE LAUNCHED A
PREEMPTIVE WAR INTO IRAQ.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WHAT WE ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW IS NOT WORKING.
I KNOW IT'S CONSPIRATORIAL BUT I
THINK IT IS SET UP THAT WAY.
YOU AMPLIFY THESE WARS AND
PERPETUATE IT.
THERE IS A BIG INDUSTRY THAT CONTINUES TO
PROFIT OFF OF IT.
IF THE US WAS GENUINELY INTERESTED IN STOPPING
GLOBAL TERROR THEY WOULD SEE THAT OUR MILITARY INTERVENTION
AND DRONE STRIKES HAVE ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE.
WHAT YOU WAS AN
INTELLIGENT PERSON TAKE A STEP
BACK AND REANALYZE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND SWITCH GEARS?
IF ANYTHING WE HAVE EXPANDED BUSH ERA FOREIGN-POLICY THAT
HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISASTROUS AND I DON'T SEE IT GETTING ANY
BETTER UNDER TRUMP.