1:26:09 We used to know who the Taliban were and what they did and how they operated, but now they're trying to redefine them. Well, they have links to Al-Qaeda regardless, John. Yeah, they're now a kind of a nebulous thing. You know, they're the ones, by the way, when they were running the country, they're the ones who took the opium out of production. Yeah, no, they killed it. They completely... it was down and was gone. I mean, you know, they blew up some other shit and they were unfriendly towards women, but yeah, they stopped the heroin production. They stopped it. Exactly. Well, play the clip, Taliban Redefined. But the enemy isn't one force. Taliban is a catch-all for a collection of tribes and warlords. Some are religious extremists, some are drug traffickers, and in Gulf Companies area, many are locals fighting for money.
1:26:59 Golf company set up in Koshte, a village in Helmand province near Pakistan. It's a strange twist of history that golf company's area used to be called Little America. In the 1950s, a massive US foreign aid project dug the canals that now feed half of the world's heroin poppies and shoulder-high marijuana. We own it! We own it! Both crime sources. These irrigation ditches that are now used to feed the poppy fields and they don't make the connection that we may have had something to do with the whole deal. What news, what fine outlet is this from? This is 60 Minutes, you know, the great journalistic show that can't add two and two. That's the channel that runs those Chuck Lorre things. Well, if you want to hear what they do, first you get this crap
1:28:01 peace on on the uh... taliban redefine where now they're jenny buddy which makes no sense at all i'd get one more taliban clip to play for the one of my address of this or uh... dot that that's fine i think that's the highlight of the ok yet that that digging the canal so but i think i think a larry is taliban spy this one i want to set up jennifer much of this one either but they have this guy they say well right there having a big meeting in the generals in their talking to the local leaders in the leaders of bitching and moaning the americans are doing enough and you bring more and more and more canals with water and so then they say and then a guy from a nearby village who comes in with a note that he found that was written supposedly by the taliban that was nailed to a mosque that he coincidentally found and if you've seen enough pictures of the taliban
1:28:50 and how they present themselves he's a Taliban business card doesn't he but he's presenting himself as just some schmuck spy on this meeting and the way they play it because stupid that they play well here's his local guy he found his nasty note and it's like what are these guys with each did it this is the dumbest bunch of reporters I've ever seen in my life here we go on the people here want this they want a better way of life yes it's difficult and yes it's challenging it's challenging because 70 percent of Afghans are illiterate and 80 percent have no electricity one Marine said it's like fighting in the Bible
1:29:34 In golf companies area skepticism is worn into the faces that confront the company commander Captain Matt Martin. The US sees the new strategy as a fresh start. Afghans see it as the start of the ninth year that the Taliban haven't been defeated. If the men in your village are working with the Taliban, all I can tell you is to tell them to stop now. Every Wednesday, Captain Martin holds a village council called Ashura. This is what his Marines died for, the chance to win the people. He's interested in putting a clinic here in Koshte. Martin offers government aid projects, but it's a tough sell. They want to talk about security. This man said, don't say we're giving refuge to the Taliban. When you leave, they'll attack us. I'm not powerful enough to resist the Taliban. You're not accepting my point of view. We become victims between you and the Taliban.
1:30:31 This man worried that the US force is too small. You can't hide the Sun with two fingers He says Jesus this voiceover is from late 1950. Yeah, this is horrible. That's our reporter. Oh my god Meanwhile the guy sitting there going back. Hey, you want my sister? No love money back. Who knows what he's saying? More? Yeah, no, you gotta get to the part where the Taliban spy comes in. The Taliban are everywhere. The next week, Golf Company was inviting a man named Yunus to the meeting. He pulled out a letter that the Taliban had nailed to the mosque, threatening anyone who met with the Americans. But the letter didn't keep him from the meeting, and Golf Company counted that as a win. Yunus said,
1:31:15 When we're assured of our security, we'll cooperate with the Afghan army. On one of our last days with Gulf, we saw how cooperation can save the lives of Marines. Using new and secret technology, the Marines destroyed an IED from long range while it was still being planted in the road. We went with Captain Zach Lehman on a patrol to investigate the site. But at the same time, a quarter mile away, a different patrol led by Lance Corporal Kicina was stopped by a terrified villager. Tell him to calm down. Tell him to calm down. The man said the Taliban was setting an ambush for Captain Lehman's patrol, headed to the IED strike.
1:31:58 We won't show his face. He risked his life to tip the Marines. He believes the Taliban are in the corn, set up an ambush position. Kiseno reported to base that layman's patrols... This is like, it's like Hurt Locker. It's the worst thing ever and if that fact is versus Taliban guy comes in with his bogus note and then the who is a Taliban guy you know and then you have this the secret weapon that blew up this one IED supposedly. I mean the whole thing is just a scam. Yeah, so meanwhile. I'm watching the show. I'm thinking gee this is terrible terrible reporting I mean, I'm not really learning anything, so there's a secret weapon now that can stop you know Some guys planning is it was a drone. You know they saw the guy planting the thing and they blew him up I mean I'll see what that is so meanwhile Charlie Rose And you know because the 60 minutes has become something of an outlet for Viacom and all those movies and all those other functions so
1:32:54 So they're interviewing, of course they have to do celebrity interviews, and Charlie Rose, he should just stay on the nation's treasure because he is creepy on this show. And I got two clips from him, and he's interviewing on this fabulous news show, Penelope Cruz, on a fluff piece where he's just complimenting her left and right so just play the Penelope Cruz fluff piece where he calls her Sophia Loren and he's preoccupied with Sophia Loren apparently. Yeah, well he's old. Hit it. At 36 Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is one of the most sensual and photographed women in the world. In fact I've got a picture of her above my bed. He's drooling, he's close to drooling while he's doing this. Oh boy, I love you.