Thread by @JbkJbk1234

I'd like to preface what I'm about to say by noting that I'm not unsympathetic to those who fought with us and were left out in the cold by their own countrymen.

I'd like Biden pursue all reasonable measures to rescue as many of those folks as possible.

That said...

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1427605487642685441

The MSM can seriously go fuck itself right now. You want to know how we get stuck in places like Afghanistan for 20 years? You want to know why we never leave? Pick up a newspaper and read how national security conflicts are covered.

And the power to shape how we engage in foreign policy, particularly when the use of military force is on the table, is something emedia institutions cherish.

Three Presidents in a row operating as though they were actually elected to conduct FP has broken these people.

People dragged Tom Nichols but he's the most honest of the lot of them. He's not using Biden as an avatar for the public and the pretext of *execution* as an excuse to tell us we're wrong. He's just telling us we're wrong.

I didn't expect a lot of introspection as to why there's this divide between the MSM and the public, or reflection as to whether we have civilian control over the military for a reason, but the contrast with all the quiet Trump voter pieces is something.

Last night, @ErinBurnett deliberately showed the footage of the Afghans falling off the twice. Before the 2nd time she told her audience she was doing it b/c *it's the type of image that sticks with you.* It was offensive.

I'm not a Fox simp and that shit isn't covering the news.

Anyway, the MSM would do well to consider whether it's worth further damaging its own credibility this way with voters capable of critical thought, we still remember the lead up to Iraq assholes, or whether they might want save it for another time.