How the US helped create ISIS & the Taliban • Anand Gopal • Henry A. Wallace National Security Forum
When the US invades a country, we often only hear about it through the stories of our soldiers, but what do the people we invade and occupy think? If we talk to Afghans, for example, how do...
========== >> Sonali Kolhatkar: Americans
argue over whether or not to go to war from the safety
of their homes. But what do the people who
we invade and occupy think? Welcome to the Henry A.
Wallace National Security Forum. I'm Sonali Kolhatkar. When the U.S. invades a country,
we often only hear about it through stories about our
soldiers and commanders, and not through the eyes
of those being occupied. Joining me now is Anand Gopal, one of the very few foreign
journalists who have embedded with the Taliban,
is the author of, No Good Men Among the Living,
which recounts the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan through
Afghan eyes. Welcome Anand. >> Anand Gopal: Thanks
for having me. >> Sonali Kolhatkar:
Well, first, in your book, No Good Men Amon...