BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190906T143000Z DTEND:20190906T163000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:America's Foreign Intervention: Afghanistan DESCRIPTION:Join instructor Bruce Tucker\, of Rutgers University's popular OLLI program for this fascinating lecture. Tucker will provide a brief review of the background history of Afghanistan prior to American intervention\, followed by an examination of ever increasing American political & military involvement in Afghanistan. Billions spent on military & training support to Islamic fundamentalists (Taliban) to help them defeat & oust Soviet presence followed by unsuccessful attempts at establishing a democracy. The net results\, the 9/11 attacks an invasion of Afghanistan\,18 years of undeclared war and no clear end in sight. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join instructor Bruce Tucker\, of Rutgers University'\;s popular OLLI program for this fascinating lecture. Tucker will provide a brief review of the background history of Afghanistan prior to American intervention\, followed by an examination of ever increasing American political &\; military involvement in Afghanistan. Billions spent on military &\; training support to Islamic fundamentalists (Taliban) to help them defeat &\; oust Soviet presence followed by unsuccessful attempts at establishing a democracy. The net results\, the 9/11 attacks an invasion of Afghanistan\,18 years of undeclared war and no clear end in sight. LOCATION:Summit Free Public Library UID:e.870.15744 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260419T061021Z URL:https://business.suburbanchambers.org/events/details/america-s-foreign-intervention-afghanistan-15744 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR