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NAGL JOINS US FOR THE DISCUSSION ON HOW THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
WE ARE IN AN AGE OF UNSATISFYING WARS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? GUEST: WE ARE FIGHTING COUNTER INSURGENTS CAMPAIGNS. WE JUST CONCLUDED A LONG ONE IN...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
THE ENEMIES STRATEGIES AND TACTICS PRECLUDE US FROM USING OUR GREAT MILITARY ADVANTAGES. THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SURRENDER THESE VICTORIES. EVEN...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
OFF THE WAR TO A CAPABLE SECURITY FORCE,
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
USUALLY WITH AMERICAN ADVISERS AND THE AMERICAN AIR POWER. WE ARE NOT GOING TO FDEFEAT THE TALIBAN COMPLETELY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT THE SECRETARY...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
SORT OF A DIRECT MODEL. IS THAT CORRECT? GUEST: I SHOULD SAY RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT I DID NOT SUPPORT
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
THEINVASION OF IRAQ. I THINK IT WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST MISTAKES. I WOULD SAY EARLIER WARS ARE GETTING WORSE THAN BETTER. IT TURNED OUT...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
WEALTHY COUNTRY, A VERY WELL-EDUCATED COUNTRY. AS
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
DEVASTATED AS IT WAS BY THE DESERT STORM OR AND A COUPLE YEARS OF SANCTIONS AFTER WORDS, THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO WORK WITH THEIR THEN THERE WAS AND...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
LED PLATOONS IN DESERT STORM AND IS AN OPERATIONS OFFICER DURING IRAQI FREEDOM. ALSO, THE AUTHOR OF THE COUNTER INSURGENCY FIELD MANUAL AND LESSONS LEARNED...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
TO DO TOO MUCH WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. THERE WILL ACTUALLY SUCCEED BETTER GIVEN THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEIR OWN SOCIETY...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
DEFINE OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD AFTER THE END DATE OF 2014. GUEST: I THINK IT WAS HUGELY IMPORTANT. THE MENTALITY THAT AMERICANS ARE
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
QUITTERS, THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE, WE ENFORCE THAT NARRATIVE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT UNITED STATES HAS DEMONSTRATED THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN....
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| 00:07:47 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
FRONT YOU HAVE SEEMED TO END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. THERE'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF GROUPS OF CONGRESS WHO CALL FOR AN END TO THE WAR. IT CAME...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
POLICY -- AFGHANISTAN IS NOT A PARTICULARLY POPULAR WAR AT THIS POINT IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR WHEN WE INVADED -- WHEN WE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
DEBATE OVER COUNTER-TERRORISM OVER COUNTER INSURGENCY AS TO WHICH WAY AMERICA SHOULD GO. CAN YOU ASSESS, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HOW WE ARE DOING AND...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
WE HAD ALREADY TURNED OUR ATTENTION TO STARTING A WAR IN IRAQ. COUNTER INSURGENCY IS TROOP INTENSIVE. ONE OF THE REAL KEYS TO SUCCESS IN A COUNTERINSURGENCY...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLER: MY FEELING IS THAT THE WAR WAS NOT WISELY BUT FOUGHT. WE DID DRIVE THE TERRORISTS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN,
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WHICH HAS BEEN OUR OBJECTIVE. THEN WE DECIDED THAT WE DID NOT NEED THE TALIBAN RUNNING THE COUNTRY, SO WE GOT MORE AND MORE INVOLVED. WE WANTED SOMEBODY...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
PROBABLY HAS THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR HIM. WE HAVE
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NOT ALWAYS SPOKEN FIRMLY WITH HIM AND TO HIM. HE ENDURED 10 AMERICAN COMMANDERS DURING THE TIME HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT KARZAI IS SCHEDULED...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
OF THIS YEAR. THAT DRAWDOWN IS IN PROGRESS. WE
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
WILL HAVE SPECIAL FORCES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN THE REGION. A LOT OF THE SUCCESSES WE HAVE HAD AGAINST AL QAEDA HAS BEEN BASED ON...
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| 00:14:58 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
IN AIRCRAFT. HOW DO YOU THINK THE DECISION CHANGES THE OPERATION FOR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN? GUEST: WE HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN OVER TIME. WE HAVE GOTTEN...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
PRECISELY. COLLATERAL DAMAGE -- THE AIR FORCE IS MORE PRECISE THAN WE USED TO BE. THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE HAS GONE WAY DOWN. ANY MISTAKE IS ONE MINSTAKESTAKE...
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| 00:17:03 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE PROCEDURES THAT WERE USED AND THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE KILLED.
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I OFFER MY APOLOGIES TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY TO THE GOVERNOR AND ASSURED THEM WE WOULD INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY. WE WILL DO THE RIGHT...
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| 00:17:51 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
ROBERT FROM FLORIDA THIS MORNING. YOU'RE ON WITH COLONEL NAGL. CALLER: I HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT TO MAKE. DOES THE COLONEL BELIEVE THAT
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REGULATIONS OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN -- SYRIA -- THE SECOND QUESTION TO ASK THE COLONEL -- THE TREATY OF THE IRAQI WAR AND THE AFGHANISTAN WAR AND THE STRATEGIC...
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| 00:19:23 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
REMAINS SERIOUS. INTERNATIONAL REPORTS OF MURDER BY THE REGIME AGAINST
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
ITS OWN PEOPLE. I AM IN FAVOR OF A CAUTIOUS RESPONSE. I DO NOT ADVOCATE AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN SYRIA AT THIS POINT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE REGIME...
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| 00:21:55 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
YOU. THIS IS A MILITARY MOTHER. YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR THE TRUTH.
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CALLER, -
WE'RE COMMITTING SUICIDE. JOHN BUSH AND WALKER. SPIES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SAY HI, EVERYBODY. GET THE MONEY OUT. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUSH UNCLES....
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| 00:22:54 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
TO TALK TO YOU, COLONEL. I
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LIKE TO SPEAK IN A LITTLE MORE CIVIL TONE AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT THE PREVIOUS CALLER WAS TRYING TO GET ACROSS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT...
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| 00:24:15 |
Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
YOUR FRUSTRATION. MY MOTHER'S YOUNGEST SON IS A LIEUTENANT IN CALIFORNIA AND HE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE SACRIFICES OF AMERICA'S MILITARY,...
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| 00:26:02 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
FROM BORINGFILECLERK. GUEST: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
NOTE THAT THE HARD PART IS FINDING YOUR ENEMY. A LOT OF THE WORK IS BASED ON INTELLIGENCE GAINED ON THE GROUND. THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE AMERICA'S...
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| 00:27:18 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I HAVE
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CALLER, -
A QUESTION THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY MILITARILY INVOLVED. I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE POPPY INDUSTRY IN AFGHANISTAN. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO THE AFGHAN ECONOMY?...
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| 00:28:05 |
Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
THERE. IT CAN BE COMPRESSED AND CARRY OUT ON THE BACKS OF MULES AND DONKEYS. WINTER WHEAT WILL GROW IN AFGHANISTAN BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE...
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| 00:28:59 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
IS NOT BE A GOOD TIME TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY IS? GUEST: THE OLD AMERICAN SECURITY WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT IS A DEFENSE...
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| 00:29:16 |
Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
THINK-TANK. THE UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY. I HAVE STEPPED DOWN AS PRESIDENT. IT ADVOCATES FOR IN FORMER DEFENSE AND SECURITY POLICIES FOR...
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| 00:30:48 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE PROPAGANDA THAT I HEAR SPOUTED BY YOUR
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CALLER, -
GUEST IS SO SICK YOU COULD CUT IT WITH A KNIFE. HOST: WHAT DO YOU DISAGREE WITH? CALLER: THE NONSENSE ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS.
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| 00:31:09 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT FROM ANY NATION IN THE WORLD.
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CALLER, -
HE TALKED ABOUT AL QAEDA. MANY PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING ALL OF THIS. I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF THIS ANYMORE. I DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOUR GUEST IS SAYING. I...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
HEAR THAT SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WENT INTO AFGHANISTAN. THAT WAS
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
IN LATE 2001 WHILE THE TWIN TOWERS WERE STILL SMOLDERING. WHEN SOMEBODY MURDERS 3000 AMERICAN CITIZENS, IT IS THE DUTY TO PURSUE THEM UNTIL THE ENDS...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
SAYING.
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CALLER, -
EISENHOWER -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] HE BUILT A MILITARY COMPLEX AND YOUR PART OF THAT. HOST: WHEN DO YOU THINK THE OPERATION SHOULD WIND DOWN? CALLER: RIGHT...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE SO-CALLED PRESIDENT WE HAVE, A MAN
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CALLER, -
OF COLOR -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] WE DO NOT BOTHER THEM. GUEST: THERE ARE OF COURSE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ATTEMPTING TO BECOME TERRORISTS. THEY
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM TAKING ACTION. I DO THINK THERE IS A REAL DOMESTIC THREAT BUT THE FBI HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THAT. IT REMAINS TRUE THAT THERE...
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| 00:35:30 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE PHONES. STEVE FROM TENNESSEE. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE FACT
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CALLER, -
THAT YOU HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. I TALKED ABOUT THE DRONE STRIKES THAT HAPPENED. 26 INNOCENT PEOPLE DIED. "I WANT THAT JOB." MY BROTHER WAS A LOVING...
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| 00:36:26 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
ON THE INTERNET. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS MORE OR LESS.
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CALLER, -
GUEST: THE NUMBERS ARE A LOT LOWER THAN THAT. THE
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
DRONE OPERATIONS GIVE US THE ABILITY TO ATTACK ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE ARE NOT FORMALLY AT WAR WITHOUT PUTTING AS MANY...
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| 00:37:52 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
A SENIOR FELLOW. DOUG IS WAITING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. I HAVE BEEN IN
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THE MILITARY AND ALL MY BROTHERS WERE. THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH OVER THERE. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT EDUCATED...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
WERE FLAWS IN THE ELECTION, TO BE SURE. BUT DEMOCRACY IS WORKING IN AFGHANISTAN. LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN IS BETTER THAN A WAS 10 YEARS AGO. MILLIONS OF AFGHAN...
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| 00:40:53 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE END GAME IN AFGHANISTAN WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT?
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CALLER, -
THAT COUNTRY HAS NEVER BEEN CONQUERED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CIVILIZATION. WHAT THEY SHOULD THINK IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN ALEXANDER THE GREAT, THE BRITISH,...
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Nagl, John A. - Senior Fellow
AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT END LIKE VIETNAM BECAUSE OF THE FORCE WE HAVE AND THE BILLY THAT IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT LONG- TERM OPERATIONS WITHOUT...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
USE OF DRONES DOMESTICALLY. THEN WE BEGIN OUR SERIES LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL AGENCIES WITH A LOOK AT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMITTEE WITH FORMER...
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