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SUPREME COURT WEEKS THAT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, ON C-SPAN. TO COMPLEMENT OUR ORIGINAL PRODUCTION, C-SPAN... |
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MARCELA GRAD TALKS ABOUT AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD, AN ENEMY OF THE SOVIETS AND THE TALIBAN. AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD... |
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I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FRIENDLY. SEBASTIAN BECAME A... |
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BUT WHAT I AM MORE INTERESTED I HOPE YOU HAVE A DEEP LOOK IS THE ESSENCE OF MASSOUD AND THE ESSENCE... |
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I AM SURE I AM MISSING THINGS THAT YOU CAN ASK ME LATER BUT THIS IS SOME OF MY FAVORITE STORIES. ... |
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I NEVER MEANT MASSOUD BUT I WAS VERY MOVED BY THE ARTICLE THAT I READ. IT TOUCHED ME IN A STRANGE... |
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LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. IT IS HOW DID HE SEE HIMSELF? WHAT AN AMAZING QUESTION.... |
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MY NAME IS BARBARA AND I HAVE READ THE BOOK. I THINK MY RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE ONE OF... |
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I COMPLETELY AGREE. HE BROUGHT A RIGHT TURN TO THE BATTLE POETRY WAS CONSTANT IN HIS LIFE AND CONSTANTLY... |
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YOU SAID MASSOUD WAS BATTLING THE TALIBAN QUITE A BIT BUT THE TIMING OF HIS DEATH WAS THE AXA THEM.... |
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WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TALES LIKE CANNOT TELL YOU FOR SURE SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AND OTHER... |
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YOU MENTIONED IN HIS SON AND I WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM HAVE YOU MET HIM AND HIS FAMILY?... |
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I WILL NEED TO THEN IN EUROPE SO IT WILL BE VERY EMOTIONAL TO MEET AFTER SO MANY YEARS. AND YOU NEED... |
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DO YOU KNOW, IF MASSOUD SON IS PLANNING A POLITICAL CAREER? |
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I DON'T KNOW BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN ATTITUDE IN HIM THAT I NEED TO PREPARE MYSELF ENCASE I AM 18 IN... |
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GEORGE. |
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HELLO. I WAS WONDERING AFTER HEARING YOU TALK IN EXPLORING THE CHARACTER OF MASSOUD HOW YOU FEEL... |
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CAN YOU SAY THE FIRST PART I UNDERSTOOD THE LAST PART. |
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THE IDEA OF HOW DID THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN CREATE THE LEGEND AND LORE THE MYTH OF THE MASSOUD... |
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YES. I ANDERSON AND YOUR QUESTION. THE FIRST PART IS HOW PEOPLE WHAT IS THE MEANING FOR THEM? I... |
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ALSO BECAUSE MASSOUD EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A LEADER HE IS INVOLVED WITH POLITICS BUT IN THE INDEPENDENT... |
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. . PRESERVING THE MUSLIM TRADITION AS A AND MODERN TRADITION, AND I THINK FIGURES LIKE MASSOUD TRANSLATE... |
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DO YOU THINK THAT BY HAVING A MODERATE OUT OF THE WAY THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR THE AMERICANS TO DEMONIZE... |
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I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION, BUT I -- REPEAT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE. |
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WHAT I MEAN IS WITH A MODERATE OUT OF THE WAY AND ONLY THIS INTOLERANCE SIDE OF THE TALIBAN THERE... |
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THERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN AGAINST INTOLERANCE. THERE IS A REAL WAR GOING ON,... |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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YES. BUT I THINK THEY NEED HELP. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE THERE OR THE COMMUNITY HELPING... |
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THEY WERE FIGHTING TWO WARS, AGAINST AMERICANS AND -- [INAUDIBLE] |
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AGAINST THE AMERICANS? YOU THINK THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE AMERICANS? |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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YES. SORRY, WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE. YEAH, I AM ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THOSE THINGS SO I CANNOT... |
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[INAUDIBLE] YOU ARE A WRITER AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THESE STORIES, BUT IT TOOK... |
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NO. I DIDN'T GO TO AFGHANISTAN, BUT I WENT. WHEN I SAID I WENT, I MEAN I LEARNED YOU DON'T HAVE TO... |
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WHILE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YOU WERE INSPIRED BY SOMETHING YOU SAW IN A FILM, AND THEN YOU LEARNED... |
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THE FIRST QUESTION I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOU FIRST. IT REALLY IS A IN AN ADVENTURE. IT ISN'T SOMETHING... |
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I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND DEDICATION AND ALSO EXPLORATION TRYING TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE MORE LIKE... |
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FREE LEEDY QUESTION. THE FIRST QUESTION, LET ME REMIND MYSELF, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, WHAT MASSOUD... |
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WHAT WOULD MASSOUD SAY IF HE WAS HERE TODAY? |
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I THINK THAT HE PROBABLY WOULD SAY -- I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I CANNOT TALK FOR MASSOUD BUT I THINK HE... |
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THERE IS A BRAZILIAN RUBBER TAPPER ASSASSINATED AS WELL NAMED CHICO MENDEZ AND HAVE AN INTERESTING... |
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IT'S BEAUTIFUL WHAT YOU SAY AND IT SOUNDS VERY PUBLIC THE WAY THAT YOU SAY THIS. YES BARBARA. |
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I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ONE ANECDOTE STORY FROM YOUR BOOK THAT ILLUSTRATES ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL OF... |
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YES, I AGREE WITH YOU. YOU JUST REMINDED ME THAT YES, I MEAN, MASSOUD HAD A VERY PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP... |
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I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT IT IS TIME WE WRAP IT UP HERE FOR THE EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, ... |
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LET ME THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS, I AM SO BLESSED. THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. DIMOND NEW YORK,... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
