Did Al-Qaeda Win? Graeme Wood on 25 Years of American Foreign Policy Errors
Watch now Did Al-Qaeda Win? Graeme Wood on 25 Years of American Foreign Policy Errors Meidas Defense: Graeme Wood on Al-Qaeda’s Grand Fallacy, Iran’s Calculus, and Washington’s National Security Blunders Joe Plenzler , MeidasTouch Network , and Valor Media Network Sep 11 By Joe Plenzler, Meidas Defense Host: Joe Plenzler Guest: Graeme Wood ( The Atlantic ) EPISODE OVERVIEW For nearly twenty-five years, American foreign policy has operated under a single foundational premise: that Osama bin Laden deliberately drew the United States into a prolonged ground war in Afghanistan to bleed our military and economy dry on an “anvil” of endless occupation. What if our fundamental premise about Al-Qaeda’s grand strategy was wrong from day one? In this episode of Meidas Defense , host Joe Plenzler sits down with Graeme Wood, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State , to re-examine the true legacy of 9/11. Drawing from...