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Everywhere you look these days terrorism and violent extremism dominate the headlines. Whether you follow what is happening in Afghanistan or Iraq, or in the West writ large, we are inundated with news of attacks by groups and individuals fighting for a 'cause'.In a world of multiple voices and opinions it can be very hard to know where to turn. One choice is to look to those who actually worked in counterterrorism in the national security world. In these half-hour podcasts 30-year Canadian intelligence veteran Phil Gurski is joined by a fascinating array of individuals with something meaningful to say about these issues as they provide insight into what they mean and what we need to do about them.
Canadian Intelligence Eh
Episode 295 - Afghanistan is not known as the 'graveyard of empires' for nothing
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Phil Gurski
After 9/11, the US, Canada and many other nations sent troops to Afghanistan to find and punish Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden and bring 'democracy' to the country. Thousands of casualties - on both sides - later, the US pulled out in the fall of 2021 and the Taliban, which had provided sanctuary for terrorists, regained power. The so-called 'Taliban 2.0' were nothing more than the misogynist Islamist extremists they had always been and Afghanistan is again a dictatorship run by jihadis. Why, then, is the US thinking of heading back to take over an airbase in that country?