Turning Point 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021) - I missed my opportunity to watch the National Geographic documentary 9/11: One Day in America, so I settled in to watch this one in it's place.
This docuseries was interesting as it went beyond the attack that day and took us all the way back to the "beginning" and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. To get to that point there you have to first watch through the footage and the interviews and recordings from that day, which are heart wrenching, just as a word of caution. It's really kind of an ugly and disheartening story from there to present day. What may have seemed to be helpful at the time, driving the Russians out of Afghanistan, for example, created a situation for the Taliban to thrive and while they may have gotten rid of warlords, they also trampled all over women's rights. And on and on it goes with a seemingly endless back and forth.
This was not an uplifting watch, but it was informative and gave me lots to think about.
I watched this on Netflix.
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