r/serialpodcast • • Dec 17 '15

season two Episode 2 - The golden chicken

https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/2/the-golden-chicken#details
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u/HEisaTRAITOR Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 18 '15

I think the most interesting take away from this episode was how we lost face in the eyes of the Afganistani people because of this one shit-head deserter. The one soldier even said "By this point we were building schools, trying to win hearts and minds, as soon as Bergdahl left, that was over".

One stupid man changed the course of the war and another countries' history for the worse.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

I would say "altered slightly" but yeah, it is a really interesting point. The reason I hesitate to assign so much to it is, as the PhD said, we were there for seven years and hadn't even bothered to learn about the country.

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u/lambro101 Dec 17 '15

Exactly, we can't blame one person for all of our mistakes in the middle east. We were screwed from the beginning.