Episode #66 | The Fall of Afghanistan and Joe Bidens Withdrawal (Rebeccah Heinrichs)
b'In this episode, Rebeccah Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute talks with Mark Melton about the fall of Afghanistan. She describes what went wrong in Afghanistan, the problems of nation-building, whether the \\u201cforever war\\u201d is over, and how the United States military had been conducting counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan. They also discuss why Joe Biden\\u2019s withdrawal was a debacle and problems with the \\u201cover the horizon\\u201d strategy to stop terrorism now that the US military is gone. Heinrichs also makes the case that the US should not have abandoned Bagram Air Base near Kabul and explains why this has led to tragedy. She analyzes how the US withdrawal from Afghanistan affects America\\u2019s geopolitical strategy, particularly its competition with China. Finally, she offers some lessons Americans should learn from Afghanistan.'