Aug 30, 2021
On COI #155, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter update the situation
in Afghanistan, including the aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing
outside the Kabul airport on August 26.
President Joe Biden authorized two separate retaliatory drone
strikes on what the government claims were ISIS-K targets in
Afghanistan. The first was launched Friday in Nangarhar province
and was said to have killed two militant "planners" and
injured another. A second strike on Sunday hit a neighborhood in
Kabul itself, reportedly killing nine civilians, including six
children, in addition to at least one jihadist fighter in a vehicle
carrying explosives.
Will and Kyle take on a steady stream of bad arguments from war
hawks of all stripes, including the likes of Paul Wolfowitz, an
architect of the War on Terror and an unrepentant cheerleader for
the invasion of Afghanistan.
The DC police officer who murdered Ashli Babbitt – who was fatally
shot after entering the Capitol on January 6 alongside a mob of
Trump supporters – has given his first public interview. Identified
as Lieutenant Michael Byrd, the officer insists he was right
to shoot Babbitt, who was unarmed, arguing she posed a threat to US
representatives.
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