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US Afghanistan Policy Is History's Greatest Waste - Duration: 4:01.

Hey there.

This past month we all woke up and realized that the Onion's saddest article is about

to become truth.

Next year the United States will start sending troops to Afghanistan that were born after

the start of the US's longest war.

The amount of time that the United States has spent trying to control this one small

country is hard to talk about, but it's important that we do, so that's what I will try to do

today...

I don't talk about Afghanistan on this channel much.

This is because the topic is fiendishly complex.

I can't talk about Afghanistan with any seriousness, without talking about the history and issues

facing Pakistan.

And I can't talk about Pakistan's issues with any seriousness without discussing India.

The Afghanistan issue is inseparable from the conflicts between these two massive countries.

And honestly Bangladesh is a big part of this conflict as well.

So I can't talk about Afghanistan seriously without talking about the problems that face

a quarter of humanity.

I am just not adequately prepared to do that yet.

There's another reason I don't often delve into the US's longest war.

It's really depressing.

For 17 years now we have poured in trillions of dollars failing to change the facts on

the ground much at all.

The sheer scale of the waste here is awe inspiring.

It's the worst testament imaginable to US power.

In the 1980s the Russians attempted to occupy Afghanistan.

At that time the Soviet Union was just over the border from the country, Not across the

world as we are.

The full resources of one of the world's largest countries were poured into the occupation.

The Soviet attempt to control Afghanistan lasted little more than half as long as our

attempt has lasted so far.

The British Empire lost thousands of soldiers trying to control Afghanistan.

Finally, with the end of the Second Anglo Afghan war in 1880, they managed to get control

of the place, sort of.

The Afghans kicked the British out with the Third Anglo Afghan War in 1919.

In 2020 our occupation of Afghanistan will have lasted just about half as long as that

of the British.

Yet we still pretend that the United States is not an Imperial power.

And the US Afghan adventure is so much dumber than the British one.

During most of the period of British control there weren't even any British soldiers there.

The British bribed local powers to maintain control rather than post armies on the other

side of the world.

The British knew better than we did.

Their empire in Afghanistan was more stable and it cost a small fraction of what ours

does.

When we invaded Afghanistan in 2001 I was a young man, in my last year of University.

Now I am a middle aged man, just about to turn 40.

Wars should not last a generation.

Our war in Afghanistan has become permanent.

Each new president let's the generals do the same things over and over again with no result,

year after year.

The US war in Afghanistan may very well be Human history's most expensive exercise in

pointlessness.

Every year tens of billions of dollars are thrown down a bottomless pit, that nobody

in the US government really even understands.

I don't have anything clever to say here.

Just that we need to stop ignoring the tragedy of this endless war.

We need to get out and we need to get out now.

Before we find ourselves sending some US Afghan veteran's grandchild to fight the same Battles.

Thanks for watching.

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Why do we like solos? | What is Music - Duration: 11:03.

(PLAYS GENTLE MELODY)

Linda, what do you think of solos?

Um, honestly, I like them sometimes,

and sometimes I can find them very indulgent and a bit wanky.

Well, I really like them, and so in this episode,

we're going to be talking all about solos and virtuosos.

Virtuosos have popped up frequently in history.

In the 9th century,

the composer and oud soloist Ziryab

was said to have memorised over 10,000 songs.

He was such an impressive instrumentalist

that he added an extra string to his oud,

used an eagle's beak instead of a pick,

and if he couldn't get any more legendary,

allegedly brought asparagus and cool hairstyles to Cordova in Spain.

Think that takes the cake?

One piano virtuoso and composer in the 19th century,

Clara Wieck,

was so famous,

she had a torte named after her,

and then she married the composer Robert Schumann,

who may have totally cramped her style.

Unlike style-cramping spouses,

changes in music technology often expands virtuosic style.

Improvements in piano technology,

like cast-iron frames in the 18th century,

meant that the piano could take even more string tension

and meant virtuosos

like Liszt and Chopin

could rock out even harder and louder

and play for bigger crowds.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

In Harlem in the '20s,

virtuoso stride pianists like Willy 'The Lion' Smith,

James P. Johnson and Fats Waller,

would try to outplay each other,

developing even flashier styles of piano flourishes

and throwing down their best and fastest playing.

(PLAYS FRANTIC MELODY)

But virtuosity isn't just about crowd-pleasing.

(PLAYS JAZZ MELODY)

Soloing in the impenetrable, speedy and complex musical language

of bebop in the '40s,

musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk

create jagged, defined and jarring music,

creating an emblem of protest in an era of racial discrimination.

(PLAYS JAZZY MELODY)

Virtuosity often flows from musicians

believing in something bigger than themselves

or spiritual traditions.

It seems we'll always have people

pushing the boundaries of their craft.

The microphone helped virtuosos like Minnie Riperton do vocal gymnastics

that would've otherwise been drowned out by the other instruments.

# Do-do-do-do-do-do...

(SINGS HIGH NOTES)

And the invention of amplified instruments,

like electric guitars,

brought new kinds of performances too.

(PLAYS GUITAR SOLO)

While it's tempting to see it as the pinnacle of musicianship,

at the end of the day,

music is a form of communication

and it's not just about what you're saying, but how and why.

So, Linda, do you still hate solos?

Are you still a solo hater? I don't hate them.

I just like them sometimes,

and we did speak to a bunch of soloists

to find out about their process.

(PLAYS FRANTIC MELODY)

WOMAN: It's so powerful what one person can do,

and I think without constant practising,

this life is not possible.

I try to do six to eight hours every day.

It's been that way for many years.

The music playing process can always be a little bit better,

a little bit sharper,

a little bit more exciting or a little bit more moving.

You seem to just split hairs

and it seems to get just refined a little bit more,

so it's a very addictive process for me

because the ability to really go from the heart to the fingertips

or the head to the fingertips,

it is truly exciting.

(PLAYS ROCK MELODY)

If you can make an instrument sing and actually connect with people,

that gives the guitarist and the song a different personality.

How can you create a voice with an instrument?

Like, that's magical.

That's something really, really interesting,

you know, when you hear, like, some of those Eddie Van Halen solos.

(PLAYS ROCK MELODY)

It's like, this guy's unleashing

and you can hear his stank and his attitude.

If you can pull that off correctly, I think that's why people love it.

MAN: A good soloist, I think, has to be a natural leader of sorts

because you're standing in front of the orchestra.

(PLAYS DRAMATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC)

Communication is probably the key to being just a great musician

regardless of whether you're a soloist or a chamber musician.

It kind of works like two people in a relationship

expressing their ideas within the music.

Look, I'm not going to be a violin or piano virtuoso overnight,

so I actually want to explore a different type of solo,

and that is freestyle rapping.

Yes. Yeah.

He knows it.

# It's a freestyle off top of the dome

# Big boy, city, you know, my home... #

In hip-hop, the most important and powerful instrument

isn't the turntable or drum machine -

it's language.

And the heart of freestyle rap

is wielding this power with unbelievable ability.

# I write backwards, the lies scatter

# I decode them as I practise... #

# Body-bag her now, she won't make it through the week

# And if you're scared, go to church

# But you should've been a deacon... #

Improvised, fast and cutting,

this lyrical athleticism makes for vocalised solos just as mesmerising

as anything Jimi Hendrix ever lay down.

And direct from Sydney, Kwame is going to show me how it's done.

1...2...

1, 2, 3...

OK, look.

# Came in the ABC, lights, camera, action like one, two, three... #

(GIGGLES) # And I'm with Linda...

# Hmm

# Swipe right Tinder, hmm... # Oh!

# Came through clean with the drip that I spit

# Lyrical whiz, nobody do it like... #

This. Yeah!

(LAUGHS)

I feel like people get excited about rap because of

the diversity that comes with it,

I think the wordplay.

Definitely, like, the beats as well,

because it's, like, it's all about rhythm

and, like, what gets you moving.

# Wake up in the morning, who do I see in the mirror?

# Got the message, so depressing, it just really made my heart cry

# How we keep depending on the people we forgiving?

# Bow my head, connect with heaven, in my dreams I'm seeing God's eye

# Momma in the kitchen whipping Sunday church chicken

# You can check this out, we'll show you how we living... #

I feel like rap doesn't have any boundaries,

so anything can come within to it.

I think that's what people really gravitate towards too,

and find interesting.

Yeah, I feel like you can't throw away how nerdy rappers are...

Yeah. ..in terms of language...

Yeah, you can't.

By using alliteration or using cadence.

Yeah.

Tell me a little bit about that and those parts that make it up.

For example, if I was to be rapping in, like, a tripler flow...

Da-da-da, da-da-da, DA, da-da-da, da-da-da, DA.

So, like, that kind of stuff. OK, yeah.

Ghostface Killah, I think,

he was talking about the stop-start kind of flow

that Skepta used in Praise The Lord, where he's like...

All the hook is like, # I came, da-DA, da-DA, da-DA... #

# I came, I saw, I praised the Lord

# And break the law

# I take what's mine... #

It really helps get across to people because they're remembering that.

So you can start, like, almost mumbling it.

From you mumbling it, it then translates into the words

and you remember that because of the rhythm and how it caught you.

What's on your mind right now? I was thinking about you being tall.

Tall. OK, cool, cool, cool. OK.

Have we got...we got the beat?

# He's tall, but not too tall... # Uh-huh.

# I might swipe and then I'll fall

# In love with a man on an app

# And then I'll need to have a nap

# 'Cause he bores me on my date

# On a Tuesday night Tuesday...

# I can't rate him high enough.

Friday. # It's Friday... #

OK. Well, let's talk about freestyling a bit.

How does it work?

I think in general, freestyling is more so about writing,

like, free form.

So, without a subject matter,

mostly freestyling was rapping about how good you were

off the top, which is, like... Yeah, OK.

..slaying for, like, just, like, whatever you...

Top of my head. Yeah, top of my head.

Like, whatever you see, you just rap about.

Whenever I'm writing, like, a track,

I'm in the studio and then, like, I've got the beat then,

I'm just, like, trying to figure out the flow, I'll just be, like...

(HUMS)

Like, I'll just be, like, looking at someone being like...

Yeah, yeah! (LAUGHS)

And they'll be like, yeah, yeah!

And then, like, I might say just one word where, like,

# Uh, like, I'm at ABC... #

(HUMS)

OK, yeah, then, like, I'll write that down

and I'm, like, OK, how can I expand from that?

# But even if we fall out, we gon' turn it all round

# Feed the people our sound, grab somebody,

# Tell 'em that you love 'em, put your heads together

# Miscommunication be the reason you ain't listening

# Coulda asked me how I'm feeling right now

# Round and round, my trisk is spun Like it's a merry-go

# I'm heavy dough, getting money like Homer Simpson,

# D'oh

# And I could never trust a groupie, no. #

How can I get better? Give me some tips.

Like, what words should I be thinking about?

What can help me, like, spark things?

I dunno. Maybe, like, look at something here.

So, like, I see a wheel.

OK, cool.

You look at that, but then what...

What else does a wheel kind of give you?

Like, OK, you're driving,

you're moving somewhere, you're going places.

OK. You know what I mean?

Like, something like that.

# Wheel gives me action Oh, OK!

# A reaction Yep.

# I got serious satisfaction Uh-huh.

# I'm working, working too hard

Ooh.

# Got a bit of a sweaty thing going on... #

Yep. (LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

But, like, that was cool, though.

How do you get through a block if you don't have any ideas?

Don't try to force it because

you're gonna be doubting yourself each time.

"This isn't good, this isn't good."

Like, you start questioning everything that you do.

So, I think definitely just, like, taking a break, go for a walk,

listen to other music, take five, whatever it is you need,

and then come back in with a different mindset,

like, just fresh thoughts and, cool, back into it.

# My headphones snapped at a DJ gig,

# I was looking at a guy, not at his rig...

No. # He was dancing

# I was feeling the flow

# And then I had to run out... and go. #

Whoo-hoo! Whoo!

Oh.

(LAUGHS) Yeah!

On a scale of not getting goose bumps

to me dramatically failing at dancing,

where would you place that?

Ah, OK, not as uncomfortable as you failing at dancing,

but definitely towards that spectrum,

probably like a 7 out of 10.

It's such a multitask in your brain, because Kwame's so good as well,

but you're thinking about the beat,

you're thinking about what words you're going to use

and the ideas that you're forming.

You want to sound cool,

so you want to have cool ideas and sentences.

You're thinking about your vocab as well.

And I think, honestly,

it just comes down to having a bit of talent, but practising.

Yeah, I think a lot of people think the virtuosos are just born,

but there's so much effort and time that goes into it.

Yeah.

It pays off because we love watching these talented freaks of nature

do their thang!

Mmm!

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