ADAM CURTIS's recent documentary, adapted to radio by KD.
It's about the history and politics of Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the U.S. since 1946. About the many failures of reformers--American, Russian, and Afghan alike--to remake and modernize Afghanistan. It's about shrewd and cynical calculations by Saudi and American leaders--who promote development and stability in Saudi Arabia by exporting Saudi extremist Islam (Wahhabism) abroad--including to Afghanistan.
(Continued in "Credits"...)
(Continued:) Its about Wall Street giants, fat with Saudi petrodollars, beyond the control of any government. About Western governments that dont want to govern, anyway. Its about how Afghanistan always seems to destroy the armies that invade it--and damage the invading countries. And its about those two pillars of Western foreign policy: blowback and unintended consequences.
An original, persuasive, and interesting view of the world today and how we got here.
Previously broadcast, as NWN #362, in February 2015.
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "nihil obstat") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
This installment of NWN is also available, in MP3 and other formats, at The Internet Archive. The page with the download links is here: https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes362-BitterLake-Part1 .
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
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