Ep. 031 - The War Is Over!

In this week's episode, Logan and Matt examine the "end" of America's longest war - Afghanistan. They look at why we were there, the cost of our involvement, and just how much life and money was wasted in 20 years of occupying the country. Matt's audio was terrible for this episode, and he is greatly apologetic for it.  Sponsor: Lorenzotti Coffee Intro/Outro Music: Ataraxis by ATP Find Us - Instagram - Facebook - Twitter Links: https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/16/biden-afghanistan-war-privatizing-contractors/#:~:text=Over%2018%2C000%20Pentagon%20contractors%20remain%20in%20Afghanistan%2C%20while,and%20downscaling%20the%20war%2C%20but%20not%20ending%20it. https://ips-dc.org/the_cia_contras_gangs_and_crack/ https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/figures/2021/Human%20and%20Budgetary%20Costs%20of%20Afghan%20War%2C%202001-2021.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/world/middleeast/afghanistan-war-cost.html#:~:text=All%20told%2C%20the%20cost%20of%20nearly%2018%20years,it.%20The%20Taliban%20control%20much%20of%20the%20country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-opium-poppy-production/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/politics/afghanistan-101/index.html https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/07/10/i-could-live-with-that-how-the-cia-made-afghanistan-safe-for-the-opium-trade/ https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/after-12-yrs-us-occupation-afghanistan-sets-record-growing-opium https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/rare-earth-afghanistan-sits-1-trillion-minerals-n196861#:~:text=Rare%20Earth%3A%20Afghanistan%20Sits%20on%20%241%20Trillion%20in,neodymium%2C%20samarium%20and%20gadolinium.%20Peggy%20Greb%20%2F%20USDA