Ben Burgis talks about the U.S.’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the incredibly rapid Taliban seizure of power. Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner of the American Prestige podcast join Ben to discuss how predictable the events that unfolded were long before they happened along with the outrageous amount of money that the U.S. poured into a 20-year occupation that produced not zero results, but negative results, as the Taliban now has military equipment and weaponry that the U.S. provided to the Afghani military. Follow Daniel on Twitter: @dbessner Follow Derek on Twitter: @dwdavison Follow their podcast: @AmPrestigePod Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosny Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats). Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-d7sTkMJU

Jeff Cohen (http://jeffcohen.org/) is a former media critic, columnist, and campus lecturer who founded FAIR (https://fair.org/) (https://twitter.com/FAIRmediawatch), a national media watch group. He also cofounded the online activist group Roots Action (https://rootsaction.org/). He’s also directed several documentary films. Jeff is a retired director of and an associate professor at the Department of Journalism at Ithaca College. He is currently the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) Director and Endowed Chair in Independent Media at Ithaca College. Jeff is currently leading the charge for another movement he's formed: Vote Trump Out (https://votetrumpout.org/). Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get early access to every episode as well as a weekly bonus episode and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats. Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8PjYWSOCYw