August 20, 2017 – Gareth Porter on Trump’s decision to escalate in Afghanistan – Episode 4496
February 6, 2018
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29:05Now PlayingAugust 20, 2017 – Gareth Porter on Trump’s decision to escalate in Afghanistan – Episode 4496
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as posted by the channelGareth Porter returns to KPFK radio to discuss Trump’s recent announcement that the United States will extend and escalate the war in Afghanistan. Porter explains that the permanent war state in the United States grinds on and claims another victory with Trump’s decision, which overturns his strong rhetoric in opposition to the Afghan war in the past.
Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter.
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