we have billions of dollars in clearing charlie wilson's war.oviet union, which of course disbanded in 1990, giving the communist government out of and other parts of the country. there was a secular and religious element. yes, you are correct. religious groups like that became increasingly powerful. the taliban were disgusted at what they saw as the corruption and anarchy that came as a result of the in fighting amongst the mujahedin after we left. they wanted to cleanse the country and create an ever more pure islamic government, and they became ever more lethal and fundamentalist. i think that it is far, far worse today than it was at the beginning, when it was just war. yes, it has become fundamentalist in the eyes of the taliban state. but they certainly want to make it ever more so. host: if you have just tuned in and are still listening, our guest is jere van dyk, cbs news analyst and author of the book "captive, my time as a prisoner of the taliban." dan, good morning, thank you for waiting. caller: thank you for your insight, and thank

as written for "the washington times" and was a consultant for the movie "charlie wilson's war." the author of the book " captive -- my time as a prisoner of the taliban." caller: good morning, gentlemen. i'm really confused. been grand ifve the german and french diplomats drew the lines in the middle east with tribes in mind into a nice symmetrical lines? but that's another story. the question i was curious about -- do you ever see the day were if it turns to a civil war and you have the no. alliance and the taliban, what are the odds of the northern alliance to defeat the taliban and what kind it pro-government with the no. -- what kind of government with the no. alliance put together. the leader of the northern alliance was assassinated 10 years ago just as the war was picking up. host: could you take a step back and explain what is the taliban? guest: the taliban -- talib means a student or seeker. taliban is the plural. they are anyone who attends a across the college is arabic for school. many religious school in our case. that is in many cases. they became in 1994 when afg

one of the most moving movies i saw was charlie wilson's war, which was about getting the soviets out of afghanistan and the message at the end was, you know, we won the war and did not invest in the nation afterwards and as a result we got the taliban . we are losing the war in afghanistan. it's not going so badly that it will be a defeat though. >> it bares mentioning the burning of the korans and this latest act of violence -- >> they are terrible accidents. let's talk about how it plays out. we have seen rosier signs as far as the economy is going and the republicans aretrying to see what messages resonate with voters. let's hear what rick smor antor had to say. time -- it's important to look at the situation and see whether it's possible to continue on. >> that i think is called soft shoeing around, offering any specific proposals. newt gingrich coming out with probably the strongest language on this. let's hear what he had to say on fox news yesterday. >> the there's something pro foundly wrong with the way we are approaching the region, it will get worse not better. we are risk

the soviets out of afghanistan, charlie wilson is stunned to see how quickly his colleagues have movedlsewhere, despite, as wilson said, "the ball keeps on bouncing." we know what came next. tragically, too many policy makers only return their attention to afghanistan after 9/11. i believe our committee would fail the test of history if we allowed attention today to drift from the critical situation in sudan and south sudan. i have the privilege of being in sudan a number of times over the course of the last few years, and particularly, for the referendum. i saw the expressions of hope for the future and watched the difficult birth of a new nation. i was privileged to be there with ambassador lyman, with george clooney, and john prendergast. we would do well to remember that you can have a vote to have a new beginning for a nation or for any number of things, but you can lose the future when the tough choices that follow are denied, when they are deferred, or when collective attention is somehow diverted. the's why at a time when world faces a lot of competing crises, we need to wrestl

the soviets out of afghanistan, charlie wilson is stunned to see how quickly his colleagues have moved their attention elsewhere, despite, as wilson said, "the ball keeps on bouncing." we know what came next. tragically, too many policy makers only return their attention to afghanistan after 9/11. i believe our committee would fail the test of history if we allowed attention today to drift from the critical situation in sudan and south sudan. i have the privilege of being in sudan a number of times over the course of the last few years, and particularly, for the referendum. i saw the expressions of hope for the future and watched the difficult birth of a new nation. i was privileged to be there with ambassador lyman, with george clooney, and john pending breast. we would do well to remember that you can have a vote to have a new beginning for a nation or for any number of things, but you can lose the future when the tough tortiouchoices that folloe denied, when they are deferred, or when collective attention is somehow diverted. that's why at a time when the world faces a lot of compet

remember the famous when having achieved the objective of driving the soviets out of afghanistan, charlie wilson is stunned to see how quickly his colleagues have moved their attention elsewhere, despite, as wilson said, "the ball keeps on bouncing." we know what came next. tragically, too many policy makers only return their attention to afghanistan after 9/11. i believe our committee would fail the test of history if we allowed attention today to drift from the critical situation in sudan and south sudan. i have the privilege of being in sudan a number of times over the course of the last few years, and particularly, for the referendum. i saw the expressions of hope for the future and watched the difficult birth of a new nation. i was privileged to be there with ambassador lyman, with george clooney, and john prendergast. we would do well to remember that you can have a vote to have a new beginning for a nation or for any number of things, but you can lose the future when the tough choices that follow are denied, when they are deferred, or when collective attention is somehow diverted. that's

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