The Case Against an Afghan Withdrawal

Afghanistan is in chaos, Kabul is in Taliban hands, and American troops and diplomats are scrambling to evacuate. Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, joins Michael Smerconish to lay out why he thinks the American exit from Afghanistan was deeply misguided.

Episode 32 of the The Smerconish Podcast podcast, hosted by Michael Smerconish, Michael O'Hanlon, titled "The Case Against an Afghan Withdrawal" was published on August 16, 2021 and runs 19 minutes.

August 16, 2021 ·19m · The Smerconish Podcast

Summary

Afghanistan is in chaos, Kabul is in Taliban hands, and American troops and diplomats are scrambling to evacuate. Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, joins Michael Smerconish to lay out why he thinks the American exit from Afghanistan was deeply misguided.

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