![]() In contrast, he noted how the administration of George W. In the strongest portion of the rant, Maher also told the tale of Afghan comedian Nazar Mohammad and his torture and killing by the Taliban last week. To make his point, amidst going back to Mike Richards losing his new gig as the successor to Alex Trebek, the host went around the world with broad strokes and called out “real oppression,” often with thin equivalency. Also joining the show was Washington Post’s Craig Whitlock, whose book The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War comes out on August 31 - the same day Joe Biden says America will end its military involvement in Afghanistan.Īt the very end of the show, Maher chastised both those on the right and the left of the political spectrum in America to “have a little perspective” on their romanticization and “woke ideology” critique of this country. Around 100,00 Afghan security forces and citizens have died in the war, with 1,200 NATO troops losing their lives.Īfghanistan and ISIS-K (“not a boy band”) were not the only topics on Real Time on Friday.Ĭalifornia’s endless fire season, the Gavin Newsom recall election, the Jeopardy host search fiasco and Donald Trump’s endorsement of Hershel Walker in the Georgia Senate race were also among Maher’s targetsĪs his guests tonight, Maher had former BBC anchor and broadcasters Katty Kay and lobbyist and Faith and Freedom Coalition boss Ralph Reed. troops were injured to varying and heartbreaking degrees over the two-decade conflict. was in the county, with the death of almost 4,000 contractors too. In the real cost of the war, approximately 2,448 members of the American military were killed over the 20 years the U.S.A. taxpayer over $2 trillion, with almost the same amount being spent for medical coverage and more for veterans of the conflicts. Mixed with the 2003 launched war in Iraq, the Afghan War cost U.S. Those tragedies unleashed the initial assault on Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 that saw the repressive Taliban overthrown and a hunt for Osama Bin Laden that would go on itself for almost a decade. and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania resulted in 2,977 deaths. The al-Qaeda orchestrated multi-plane attack on New York City and Washington D.C. ![]() Tens of thousands are expected to leave before the last troops leave.Īlready put in motion to some degree by Biden’s Celebrity Apprentice host predecessor, the deadline for the exit from Afghanistan is set for just under two weeks before the 20th anniversary of 9/11. As Maher pointed out, so far, over 100,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan by the American military in one of the most ambitious humanitarian airlifts ever. forces will leave Afghanistan by August 31. Urban added: “We know of no civilian casualties.”ĭespite the worst loss of America life in over a decade in the so-called “forever war” on Thursday, President Biden also maintained that all U.S. Bill Urban said “initial indications are that we killed the target.” Capt. Just before the HBO series, which records in LA on Thursdays, aired tonight, the Pentagon announced it had conducted a successful drone strike on a so-called “ISIS-K planner.” As dozens of flights continued to take people out of Afghanistan and thousands waited outside the airport in Kabul in scant hope of being on those planes, Central Command spokesman Capt. Under pressure to reconsider his decision to leave Afghanistan and having warned of just this sort of attack in a speech last week, President Joe Biden on August 26 told the cameras and those behind the attacks that America would not “be intimidated.” “Today the promoters of the Fyre Festival said, that is so poor planning,” Maher then said in a reference to the scam 2019 big ticket music festival that lacked food, accommodations and even artists. “All the roads to the airport are gridlocked of course, the airport is complete mayhem, there is no sanitation, no power,” he said. On the other side of those doorways are transport planes and liberation for Americans still in the country, as well as Afghans who worked with or supported the U.S.’s nearly 20-year intervention in the nation.Īnd Maher tonight didn’t think it was a pretty sight. ![]() With responsibility claimed by ISIS-K, the suicide bombing injured hundreds huddled in front of security checkpoints. service members and 169 Afghans who were trying to escape the South Asian nation now under the theocratic rule of the Taliban, were killed. Maher’s monologue comes one day after 13 U.S. Afghan Film Progress Obliterated By Taliban Takeover - Special Report From Afghanistan
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