Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: The Unheeded Afghan Collapse Memo

Jacobin Radio · Sep 1, 2021 · 53m

Jonathan Guyer of The American Prospect joins Suzi to discuss his August 26 piece called, "The Unheeded Dissent Cable." This is a knockout—a devastating memo, all the more so because it was sent to the State Department on July 13, and was then buried, never reaching the White House and National Security Council. We get Jonathan’s understanding of how this memo could have been ignored, and what it says about the Biden administration’s national security team.

Veena Dubal, Law Professor at UC Hastings, explains the August 20 decision [PDF…