Week in Review: Fallout From Afghanistan Defeat Begins, and Much More

• After ending its military presence in Afghanistan, America wants to put that nation out of mind. But a strengthened Taliban has many weapons to continue to weaken America, including extracting ransom money from the U.S. to fund more terrorist activity.
• Europe considers America’s retreat as firm evidence of the need to increase its military capability and cooperation, and it is taking active steps to strengthen its collective defense.
• America’s military and civilian leaders are taking extreme measures to purge “extremism” from the armed forces—defined as Trump supporters, anti-vaxxers and others who disagree with the radical left.
• We also talk about Iraqi fears that America will flee from their country, the quiet military advances Japan made in the Afghan withdrawal, wild political developments as Germany prepares for elections in a few weeks, more Chinese belligerence in the South China Sea, and the devastation of Hurricane Ida.

Links

• 00:40 Strengthened Taliban (8 minutes)
  • “Why We Cannot Win the War Against Terrorism”
• 08:23 Europe Militarizes (8 minutes)
  • TRENDS: “Why the Trumpet Watches Europe’s Push for a Unified Military”
  • Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast?
  • “A Milestone in European Defense: Franco-German Air Transport Squadron Takes Flight”
  • “Afghanistan Is Awakening Europe’s Military Spirit”
• 16:24 Japan’s Military Advances (6 minutes)
  • TRENDS: “Why the Trumpet Watches Japan’s March Toward Militarism”
• 22:45 America’s Military Purge (11 minutes)
  • “America’s Coming Civil War”
  • “How Afghanistan Could Help Donald Trump Regain the Presidency”
• 34:10 Iraq Braces for America’s Withdrawal (5 minutes)
  • The King of the South
• 39:04 German Elections (6 minutes)
  • “The Election That Shook Germany”
  • A Strong German Leader Is Imminent
• 44:57 China in South China Sea (7 minutes)
  • “Where Is the China-America Clash Leading?”
• 51:39 Hurricane Ida (5 minutes)
  • Why ’Natural’ Disasters?