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b"Now that he's President, after years of decrying "our stupid leaders" for spending blood and treasure to stay in Afghanistan, Donald Trump announced on Monday night that the U.S. will be spending more blood and treasure to stay in Afghanistan -- for an indefinite period of time.\\xa0 But, he claimed, he has a 'new' strategy for 'victory' in the war-torn nation, more than 16 years since the U.S. invaded following the 9/11 attacks. What exactly is that 'new' strategy? Based on his primetime televised speech from Fort Myer in Arlington, VA, it's not entirely clear. Then again, neither is whatever the hell is going on in Afghanistan. Joining us to try explain America's longest war and where it goes from here under the ownership of Donald Trump is historian, blogger and longtime Middle East/South Asia expert Juan Cole of the University of Michigan. Cole, who has been writing about this 'invisible war' at his 'Informed Comment' blog since 2002, describes the difficulties faced by the last three U.S. Presidents -- not to mention previous colonial powers from other nations -- in Afghanistan, and how Trump's strategy appears to be both different and the same as his two predecessors. Is it possible to ever get out, at this point? What good 16+ years of bombing, the loss of life of some 3,500 U.S. troops and untold millions of Afghanis actually accomplished? We discuss that and much more with the good professor, before we take a quick look at Trump's domestic war with the leadership of his own party. Finally, we're joined by Desi Doyen with the latest 'Green News Report', on how corporate lobbyists from Monsanto, Exxon and other major corporations continue to game the system for their own profits and play the rest of us for suckers..."