Would you prefer a reassuring lie about the situation in Afghanistan? Or an uncomfortable truth?

In the latest episode of "Right Now with Stephen Kent," Stephen sits down with Fiona Harrigan of Reason magazine to discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; the rise of the Taliban; the media's partisan divide between getting Americans out vs. getting Afghans out; if there was any true reason or justification for US invasion in the first place; and what the future may look like for both Afghanistan and the world.

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---- Content of This Episode ---- 
00:00 Episode start 
00:05 A little white lie 
05:50 Giving the Taliban legitimacy – or not 
10:55 Throwing good money after bad 
12:57 How to help Afghans now 
18:30 Afghans still looking for ways out 
21:33 The refugee debate feat. Sasse & Vance 
33:00 It didn’t have to be like this 
34:21 For Gen Z 9/11 is history, not memory 
43:10 Good news on film school and audio books 

---- Reading list ----- 

We Need To Get Afghans Out of Afghanistan Too (Reason) https://reason.com/2021/08/16/we-need-to-get-afghans-out-of-afghanistan-too/

Withdrawing From Afghanistan Is Still the Right Thing To Do (Reason) https://reason.com/2021/07/14/withdrawing-from-afghanistan-is-still-the-right-thing-to-do/

Denied American Visas, These Afghans Were Forced To Make a Perilous Escape After Helping U.S. Troops for Years (Reason) 
https://reason.com/2021/07/08/denied-american-visas-these-afghans-were-forced-to-make-a-perilous-escape-after-helping-u-s-troops-for-years/

AT WAR WITH THE TRUTH: The Afghanistan Papers, A secret history of the war (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/

WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN: LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS OF AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-21-46-LL.pdf

Tony Blair: Why We Must Not Abandon the People of Afghanistan – For Their Sakes and Ours (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) 
https://institute.global/tony-blair/tony-blair-why-we-must-not-abandon-people-afghanistan-their-sakes-and-ours

---- Plugs for our guests ----

Follow Fiona Harrigan: 
https://twitter.com/Fiona_Harrigan 
https://reason.com/people/fiona-harrigan/ 

Would you prefer a reassuring lie about the situation in Afghanistan? Or an uncomfortable truth?
In the latest episode of "Right Now with Stephen Kent," Stephen sits down with Fiona Harrigan of Reason magazine to discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; the rise of the Taliban; the media's partisan divide between getting Americans out vs. getting Afghans out; if there was any true reason or justification for US invasion in the first place; and what the future may look like for both Afghanistan and the world.
Subscribe to Rightly and catch more details about the episode below. Make sure to sign up for Unfettered, our new newsletter, available now. Newsletter signup: <a href="https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rightlyaj/issues/right-now-unfettered-8-20-730588">https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rightlyaj/issues/right-now-unfettered-8-20-730588 </a>
---- Content of This Episode ---- 00:00 Episode start 00:05 A little white lie 05:50 Giving the Taliban legitimacy &ndash; or not 10:55 Throwing good money after bad 12:57 How to help Afghans now 18:30 Afghans still looking for ways out 21:33 The refugee debate feat. Sasse &amp; Vance 33:00 It didn&rsquo;t have to be like this 34:21 For Gen Z 9/11 is history, not memory 43:10 Good news on film school and audio books ---- Reading list ----- We Need To Get Afghans Out of Afghanistan Too (Reason) <a href="https://reason.com/2021/08/16/we-need-to-get-afghans-out-of-afghanistan-too/">https://reason.com/2021/08/16/we-need-to-get-afghans-out-of-afghanistan-too/</a> Withdrawing From Afghanistan Is Still the Right Thing To Do (Reason) <a href="https://reason.com/2021/07/14/withdrawing-from-afghanistan-is-still-the-right-thing-to-do/">https://reason.com/2021/07/14/withdrawing-from-afghanistan-is-still-the-right-thing-to-do/</a> Denied American Visas, These Afghans Were Forced To Make a Perilous Escape After Helping U.S. Troops for Years (Reason) <a href="https://reason.com/2021/07/08/denied-american-visas-these-afghans-were-forced-to-make-a-perilous-escape-after-helping-u-s-troops-for-years/">https://reason.com/2021/07/08/denied-american-visas-these-afghans-were-forced-to-make-a-perilous-escape-after-helping-u-s-troops-for-years/</a> AT WAR WITH THE TRUTH: The Afghanistan Papers, A secret history of the war (Washington Post) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/</a> WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN: LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS OF AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-21-46-LL.pdf">https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-21-46-LL.pdf</a> Tony Blair: Why We Must Not Abandon the People of Afghanistan &ndash; For Their Sakes and Ours (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) <a href="https://institute.global/tony-blair/tony-blair-why-we-must-not-abandon-people-afghanistan-their-sakes-and-ours">https://institute.global/tony-blair/tony-blair-why-we-must-not-abandon-people-afghanistan-their-sakes-and-ours</a> ---- Plugs for our guests ---- Follow Fiona Harrigan: <a href="https://twitter.com/Fiona_Harrigan">https://twitter.com/Fiona_Harrigan </a> <a href="https://reason.com/people/fiona-harrigan/">https://reason.com/people/fiona-harrigan/ </a>

Right Now with Stephen Kent, is hosted by one of the rising young stars of the conservative/libertarian movement in America. Stephen will be joined by some awesome co-hosts for the YouTube-based show. It’s an opinion-led interview program that seeks to get beyond talking points and retweets to engage current newsmakers, opinion leaders and incisive commentators from across the political spectrum in a discussion about the issues animating the American right.

Right Now with Stephen Kent, is hosted by one of the rising young stars of the conservative/libertarian movement in America. Stephen will be joined by some awesome co-hosts for the YouTube-based show. It&rsquo;s an opinion-led interview program that seeks to get beyond talking points and retweets to engage current newsmakers, opinion leaders and incisive commentators from across the political spectrum in a discussion about the issues animating the American right.

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