HOW THE US WENT FROM FUNDING TO FIGHTING TO FLEEING THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN Author and investigative journalist Charlotte Dennett, daughter of America’s first master spy in the Middle East, talks about her book, THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 3804: A LOST SPY, A DAUGHTER’S QUEST AND THE DEADLY POLITICS OF THE GREAT GAME FOR OIL, in which she provides critical historical context explaining why the US used American troops and tax dollars to fund the Taliban, invade Afghanistan, fight the Taliban, and then flee the Taliban, leaving Afghanistan to--the Taliban.