Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Afghanistan

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John Oliver discusses the end of America’s war with Afghanistan, and the humanitarian crisis being left behind.

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1. Once again, it's been a win, win

for War Lords and Drug Traffickers.

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2. We seem to have made a lot of progress in getting people out - that's something

*sigh*

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3. Tough to hear, but after 7 years of watching him ... John is ... pretty much always right (nt)

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4. I was surprised he took this on since he usually doesn't cover breaking news

But he did a stellar job, as usual!

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5. Afghanistan wasn't a failure for the contractors

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6. This Episode Made No Sense. US Efforts at Aiding Afghanistan Was a Failure...

...so the U.S. should double down and try to aid Afghanistan.

What was funny was that John Oliver seemed to be aware of the inconsistency of what he was saying, by saying that "I am not saying that the U.S. should reverse its withdrawal and stay in Afghanistan indefinitely," then he turned around and argued for an open ended presence in Afghanistan.

The main thing I agreed with him is that the U.S. should welcome and aid Afghanistan refugees, but that is still not a reason not to proceed with the withdrawal.