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NOW DOUG STANTON TALKS ABOUT THE U.S. SPECIAL FORCES WHO FOUGHT THE TALIBAN ON HORSEBACK AND ACHIEVED... |
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WELCOME TO. IT'S A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO SPEAK HERE ABOUT "HORSE SOLDIERS." IT'S TRUE, I DID WORK... |
| 00:46:02 |
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IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SIMILAR TECHNIQUES CAN BE USED IN PAKISTAN? |
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YES, IT IS ALTHOUGH AT THE MOMENT, NO BECAUSE THESE, WELL, ARMY FORCES IN GENERAL AREN'T ALLOWED TO... |
| 00:47:36 |
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WHAT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THINGS IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE THE TALIBAN,... |
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RIGHT. |
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AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT UNFOLD OR WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE TO UN? |
| 00:48:00 |
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WELL, IF, HE WONDERS WHAT IS GOING ON THERE TODAY AND WHAT MIGHT UNFOLD AND THE POWER VACUUM ENSUED... |
| 00:51:44 |
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RECENTLY -- OH, PRESIDENT OBAMA RECENTLY APPOINTED A NEW COMMANDER IN AFGHANISTAN, SPECIAL FORCES... |
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF APPOINTING MCCRYSTAL, HE, COMES FROM A SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. HE'S VERY... |
| 00:53:58 |
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YES, IN THE PAST WEEK, ROBERT McNAMARA DIED AND IF ANYTHING HE WAS ANTISPECIAL FORCES GUY, MORE BOMBS,... |
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[INAUDIBLE]. |
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YEAH, WHICH ONLY, DIDN'T BECOME THE HUGE CASH CROP IT IS TODAY UNTIL AFTER SOVIETS COMPLETELY DESTROYED... |
| 00:58:31 |
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YES. GIVEN THAT THIS APPROACH WAS USED SUCCESSFULLY, EARLY IN THE AFGHAN CONFLICT, WHY DON'T YOU... |
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HE IS WONDERING WHY IT HASN'T BEEN USED IN INTERVENING YEARS I'M ASSUMING IN AFGHANISTAN? |
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IN AFGHANISTAN. |
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WELL, BECAUSE THE TROOPS WERE NEEDED ELSEWHERE. THAT ELSEWHERE WAS IRAQ. AND THERE IS ONLY SO MANY... |
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YOUR BOOK DESCRIBES THE TACTICAL SUCCESS THAT THIS SMALL GROUP OF SPECIAL FORCES PERSONNEL HAD, BUT... |
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RIGHT. |
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FOUGHT AGAINST MISUD. WAS MIXED UP IN THE DRUG TRADE. I'M TOLD IN KADUZ WHEN TALIBAN WERE BOAT HE... |
| 01:00:48 |
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RIGHT. |
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AND GENERAL FRANKS WOULD NOT PUT U.S. FORCES IN. THEY SURRENDERED TO DOES STAMP. MAYBE 1,000 OR MORE... |
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RIGHT. |
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I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW THESE SMALL GROUP OF GUYS WHO CARRIED OUT THEIR MISSION SO REMARKABLY, HOW ... |
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WELL, THE WIDER EFFORT IS REALLY WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT. IF PEOPLE ARE HEARING HIS QUESTION, HOW DO THEY... |
| 01:01:53 |
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YEAH. WHETHER THEY FEEL GIVEN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, THE POSSIBLY THERE IS SOME DISAPPOINTMENT WHERE... |
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I SEE. |
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YET THE U.S. LARGER POLICY OF UNWILLINGNESS TO MAYBE COMMIT SOME TROOPS WHICH HAS LEFT THE TRI, YOU... |
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IN GENERAL, I PROBABLY SAY THERE IS DISAPPOINTMENT BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO, I'M SORRY, ANYMORE SPECIFICITY... |
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[INAUDIBLE]. |
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I WOULD. I'LL BE GLAD TO CONTINUE THIS OVER HERE, OR UP HERE. I WANT TO THANK FOR COMING. IT'S BEEN... |
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