America's Longest War Is Over
Ask students: Who are the individuals and groups of people featured in this story? When did the U.S. completely withdraw from Afghanistan?
September 2, 2021
Ask students: Who are the individuals and groups of people featured in this story? When did the U.S. completely withdraw from Afghanistan?
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An End to America's Longest War
The final flight of American troops left Afghanistan just before midnight on what is now Tuesday, August 31, in Kabul, after 20 years of war. The U.S. airlifted more than 120,000 American civilians and Afghan allies from Kabul, but thousands of Afghans who wanted to leave were left behind, at least for now. And the deaths of Americans and Afghans last week haunt this exit. Jane Ferguson reports. Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. Some students may find it easier to read along with the transcript or turn on closed captions/CC.
Media Literacy: The majority of Americans supported the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan throughout much of the two decades the U.S. was in that country. Support has fallen since the actual withdrawal given its execution, but still the majority remain supportive of the withdrawal.
Watch MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace discuss the divide between public support of withdrawal from Afghanistan and how the media and politicians feel about it. Wallace was a longtime operative in Republican politics and a staffer in the George W. Bush White House:
MSNBC host @NicolleDWallace: "95% of the American people will agree with everything [President Biden] just said. 95% of the press covering this White House will disagree." pic.twitter.com/UzLr6DPyPz
— The Recount (@therecount) August 16, 2021
Republished with permission from PBS NewsHouer Extra.