It's cynical, but I think Biden's speech was pretty well-calibrated for what Americans actually care about. Three-quarters of Americans want out of Afghanistan. Things have gotten tough this week but Biden is sticking with that.
If you're holding your breath for the American people to actually care about what this'll mean for women and girls in Afghanistan - or translators and others who served with US soldiers - I've got some bad news for you.
The human cost will be enormous and avoidable. The political consequences of that? Probably nil. I suspect Biden's speech will be a comfort for a lot of people.
this is obviously an enormous human rights tragedy in the making. and if your goal is to score clicks or dunk on Biden, obviously this is a great opportunity for that, too. but feels like a lot of the twitter chatter misses some important points that Americans will care about
if your outrage in all this falls squarely on Biden, might I suggest you read the Afghanistan Papers about how politicians and the military have lied compulsively about Afghanistan for two decades to get us into this mess? washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/…
seeing some folks (cough Rubin cough) pretend that Biden accepted responsibility for what's happening now in Afghanistan and maybe I was just watching the wrong speech?
https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1427364332300550149?s=20
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