September 13_Weidenbaum Center Virtual Public Policy Lunch Meeting
- Shared screen with speaker view

20:03
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35:57
What preventd Biden from negating the agreement as he did wiht other Trump doctrine.

37:16
Did the agreement with Talliban include non-military US citizens in addition to military?

38:07
How big is the Taliban? As they moved into the entire country, are their forces being spread thinner? Or is momentum on their side in adding followers.

40:29
Given the nature of US involvement, resources Taliban is being provided by Pakistan&S Arabia, and the rural support Taliban had, was the outcome “predictable” before April 2020 agreement?

41:03
Being a tribal conglomerate and not really a people ,it appears that there were Taliban representatives in most of the 39 cantons of the country as a sleeping 5th column. The seed was planted a long time in the past perhaps more than 20 years in the making. How do take account of this in your analysis f Taliban progression of take over the country?

41:51
It seems that the ultimate beneficiaries of our ill-fated foray into Afghanistan are the political and ruling classes of Pakistan. What role will Pakistan play going forward and by extension, China, Iran and India?

45:50
WHO MADE THE DECISON TO ABANDON BAGRAM BEFORE WE GOT THE PEOPLE OUT

01:00:20
The Afghanistan war was fought on debt. The final cost is not known, but estimates conclude the final cost will be between 5 to 6 trillion dollars. How will this affect our future policing of terrorists?

01:00:58
Can you elaborate on the future role of Pakistan What should the US do to prevent the catastrophe you mention?

01:05:15
Which are these other countries you mention that we should train for counter terrorism efforts?

01:13:39
FYI.. the price inflation for health care is realtively stable at about 2% (year over year) in recent months and has been about that level for the last year. That is pretty decent level for medical care -- has been much worse in the past.

01:17:56
Whee is tg raoid uncrease in house prices reflected?

01:19:16
Last time PRICES rose for medical care a lot was in the 1990s (mostly driven by prescription drugs), now medical spending driven more by utilization not prices.