brian becker finishing or bulletin more great programs just around the corner. we are going to the shortest breaks 1st to stay with us if you can. thank you for doing so. the the the hi welcome to the kaiser report, imax taiser with stacy herbert here with our annual summer solutions where we dell not on the problems but on the solutions they think, hey, right, well, i want to throw this question to tysons.

i'm happy to welcome onto the program, not brian becker from the anti war answer coalition to get his thoughts. hi brian. the u. s. he is reportedly ready to bomb capital. if it's a risk of falling to the taliban, that would directly contradict an earlier pledge to end error as well as grown support. so it's not a complete withdrawal. is it? well, the media reports about the u. s. considering air strikes should come, will be threatened with a bet take over by the taliban. this report indicates that there is a fierce debate going on within the pentagon and within the administration. and one would expect there to be in debate because by exiting afghanistan finally, which the u. s. should do. and so also an acknowledgement that the u. s. has lost the war. if the u. s. has been bombing taliban positions while it was occupied with large numbers of military forces and u. s. military bases in afghanistan for 2 decades. and that did not defeat the taliban. why would the resumption of air strike after the u. s. is gone and after u. s. air bases are removed from the country, meaning that those,

i'm happy to say we can cross live now to brian becker. brian is national coordinator of the anti war. i'm sure coalition. welcome to you. we just heard the defense secretary and the top general in the u. s. saying terrorists in afghanistan could regenerate and threaten america within 2 years or clinical, or they actually true. or is this more a sense of looking for excuses to extend the deadline? what's your, what's your view on that? i think there's a debate going on inside of washington and between the biden white house and the pentagon. this is a debate that's gone on and on and on for the last 10 years. ever since the end of the so called surge, the 2nd year of the obama administration, donald trump was, you know, organizing peace types at camp david with the taliban leadership that was scheduled . actually because of resistance from the military binding. pick that up and actually determined to, to try to leave or, or appears to be and the lindsey graham, who was the questioner there at the us senate, is an opponent of bite and politic

exactly 20 years since the 911 terrorist attacks that led to the us war on terror. anti war activist brian becker thinks the latest warnings from the pentagon are essentially an admission of defeat. this report indicates that there is a fierce debate going on within the pentagon and within the administration. and one would expect it to be in debate because by exiting afghanistan finally, which the u. s. should do. and so also an acknowledgement that the u. s. has lost the war. if the u. s. has been bombing taliban positions while it was occupied with large numbers of military forces and u. s. military bases in afghanistan for 2 decades. and that did not defeat the taliban. why would the resumption of air strikes after the u. s. is gone? why would that be effective militarily? so what's happening is, the pentagon and the by the ministration are now pointing fingers and debating and trying to provide some semblance of a plan b when they leave. and should the country fall to the taliban? if in fact, the afghan military can't sustain itself, which is very likely, the fact of the matter is the u. s. h

we spoke with anti war activist, brian becker things, some senior figures in washington and looking for a pretext to stay. we see here is a tug of war between those 2 are insisting that the u. s. they for ever an afghan is den. and those who feel that the war is not winnable, it's drain, it's not going to be, it's not going to alter the outcome. and they also make a differentiation between the taliban and should the television become the new government? yes, it would be the same kind of government, maybe with some slight variation from the way it was before september 11. but i think it's important not to conflate that with isis or isis is in afghanistan because of the us invasion of afghanistan. there was no isis prior to 2001. and our kite is really weakened for so obviously the military again. yes, there might be a need to continue us military presence. yes, there's a we m stay, a medium warning that i'll kind or i can come back. but again, i think there's a tug of war here between those who want to have wherever war in afghanistan and those who say, look, it's time to end the war. th

brian becker finishing or a bulletin more great programs just around the corner. we are going to the shortest breaks 1st to stay with us if you can. thank you for doing so. the the hi. welcome to the kaiser report. imax taiser with stacy herbert here with our annual summer solutions where we dell not no problems, but on the solutions they think, hey, right, well, i want to throw this question to tyson slocum. you know, joe biden has announced a slew of sort of renewable energy programs and infrastructure spend on renewable energy projects. i want to in particular talk about in the last week or 2. he's announced an energy efficiency and clean electricity standard, mostly focused on utility companies. and the reason why the stood out to me is because you have been recently tweeting about paul singers, elliot management and his role in public utilities. and so, like, does it does eliot thing or does elliot management that therefore stand to benefit from us? and what do you think of biden's overall plan so far? yes, i'll start with biden's plan. i think it's, it's nec

20 years since the 911 terrorist attacks that led to the us war on terror. anti war activists, brian becker thinks the latest warnings from the pentagon are essentially an admission of defeat. this report indicates that there is a fierce debate going on within the pentagon and within the administration. and one would expect there to be in debate because by exiting afghanistan finally, which the u. s. should do. and so also an acknowledgement that the u. s. has lost the war. if the u. s. has been bombing taliban positions while it was occupied with large numbers of military forces and u. s. military bases in afghanistan for 2 decades. and that did not defeat the taliban. why would the resumption of air strike after the u. s. is gone? why would that be effective militarily? so what's happening is, the pentagon and the bi ministration are now pointing fingers and debating and trying to provide some semblance of a plan b when they leave. and should the country fall to the taliban? if in fact, the afghan military can sustain itself, which is very likely, fact of the matter is the u. s. s. last,

be based on the security situation on the ground rather than a specific date, anti war activist brian becker, thanks. some senior figures in the u. s. are looking for a pretext to stay enough canister. we see here is a tug of war between those who are insisting that the u. s. they for ever an afghan is then and those who feel that the war is not winnable. it's a drain. it's not going to be, it's not going to alter the outcome. and they also make a differentiation between the taliban and should the television become the new government? yes, it would be the same kind of government, maybe with some slight variation from the way it was before september 11. but i think it's important to complete that with isis or isis is in afghanistan because of the us invasion of afghanistan. there was no i just prior to 2001, and all kite is a really weak and course so obviously the military again. yes. there might be a need to continue us military presence. yes there's and we em stay a medium warning that al qaeda or i can come back. but again, i think there is a tug of war here between those who want to have

brian becker, national coordinator of the anti war answer coalition. or i just a reminder for up to the minute developments to try and give our twitter page and look from time to time. you will be bored. i promise you about life for moscow. this is our t the the going to be moving about. and we just always dress covered up, no stimulation, directly connected to domestic and assistance, which is 800000 in everybody. and it contains millions of little money. if you exposed to decor, muscles, millions, they are going to work with the greetings and sell you patients. since donald trump's, the january 6th carnival of idiocy, death and half baked insurrection, the terms domestic terrorism and its kid, brother, domestic extremism, have been bouncing around the u. s. news rooms capitol hill, echo chamber on a pretty consistent basis. it almost feels like you can't go a single day without seeing every talking head from jake tapper to nicole wallace, wrinkling their foreheads and clutching their very high priced pearls. in fevered worry over the potential terror