Update: In response to vondiesel-1, Van Jones did indeed say "Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11." The whole program was about Afghanistan and Iraq was never mentioned. I know the difference between Iraq and Afghanistan as I spent 27 months in Iraq and 7 in Afghanistan!!!"
I would have given this episode a much higher rating but it actually deserves a zero for a major error in fact. I couldn't believe that Van Jones makes himself look like a fool and a moron when it comes to 9/11. I'm not saying he is one or trying to insult him, here. Just saying he is ignorant, not stupid. Meaning he doesn't know everything. He said one of the stupidest things I've ever heard a journalist say. He said "9/11 had nothing to do with Afghanistan!" What???? OK, first of all, Afghanistan was Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban's staging area. The country of Afghanistan was taken over by the Taliban in the 80s. The guys who flew the planes into the World Trade Center may have been Saudi nationals but they were taking their orders from the bad guys....you know, Al Qaeda which was in, you guessed it....Afghanistan! Wow, wow, wow, Van Jones really lost his credibility on this one. Even President Obama, who was the biggest liberal ever to hold office, said the Taliban in Afghanistan were....were...were responsible for 9/11. Kirkman, you lose major cool points for a major error in fact. Most Americans know the truth...I served in Afghanistan for 7 months myself and I know Van is absolutely wrong.
I would have given this episode a much higher rating but it actually deserves a zero for a major error in fact. I couldn't believe that Van Jones makes himself look like a fool and a moron when it comes to 9/11. I'm not saying he is one or trying to insult him, here. Just saying he is ignorant, not stupid. Meaning he doesn't know everything. He said one of the stupidest things I've ever heard a journalist say. He said "9/11 had nothing to do with Afghanistan!" What???? OK, first of all, Afghanistan was Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban's staging area. The country of Afghanistan was taken over by the Taliban in the 80s. The guys who flew the planes into the World Trade Center may have been Saudi nationals but they were taking their orders from the bad guys....you know, Al Qaeda which was in, you guessed it....Afghanistan! Wow, wow, wow, Van Jones really lost his credibility on this one. Even President Obama, who was the biggest liberal ever to hold office, said the Taliban in Afghanistan were....were...were responsible for 9/11. Kirkman, you lose major cool points for a major error in fact. Most Americans know the truth...I served in Afghanistan for 7 months myself and I know Van is absolutely wrong.
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