Political Rewind: Swift Taliban Takeover Prompts American Blame Game; Rising COVID Cases In Georgia

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 2:59 p.m.

Monday on Political Rewind: Georgians awoke this morning to news of the swift collapse of the government of Afghanistan. After 20 years, trillions of dollars spent and hundreds of thousands of dead, the country is now in control of Taliban forces.\n\nThe dismay is compounded by the chaos surrounding efforts to evacuate thousands of Afghans who served American forces during the occupation. The end of the war now presents a humanitarian crisis. It has also become a raging partisan political matter, sure to play a role in the 2022 election cycle.\n\nMeanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp faces a continuing rise in pandemic numbers.\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Andra Gillespie \u2014 Professor of political science and director, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference, at Emory University\n\nBuddy Darden \u2014 Former Democratic U.S. representative\n\nEric Tanenblatt \u2014 Republican insider\n\nJim Galloway \u2014 Former political columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution