The media response to Biden on Afghanistan is proof that they disliked Bernie bc of his policies. They're treating Biden the exact way they'd treat Bernie if he was president & he left Afghanistan. If you cross the establishment they don't care how many times you served them.
"but Kyle they're just reporting true things that are happening" -- the issue is a matter of emphasis. There wasn't this hair on fire coverage when we learned we were funding & arming warlords with child sex slaves or when we hit RECORD civilian casualties just a few years ago.
The Afghanistan papers proved we were lied to for 2 decades & internally the military was like wtf is the goal, what are we doing, this makes no sense. That was in & out of the news in a DAY!
When the US bombed a wedding or hospital (like in Kunduz) did that spark weeks of outrage in the press? What abt when we dropped 7,423 bombs in 1 year? Or when we lost weapons? Or when we BACKED the Taliban to fight ISIS? Or when parents watched their KIDS deploy to the same war?
"It's not THAT we're leaving it's HOW we're leaving" - If we prolonged it another year, or 5 years, Kabul would still fall & Afghanistan was still going to become Talibanistan. So the media was going to react like this *no matter what*, serving the MIC wittingly or unwittingly.
It's a fair criticism to say the US should've done more to get out our 88k allies. It's also true that intelligence was probably telling Biden you have 90 days to do so. Then when Kabul falls instantly they run to their lackeys in the media & say they warned Biden it'd fall now.
The deep state (CIA, Pentagon etc) was probably convinced they'd change Biden's mind just like they did Obama's and Trump's. So *they* didn't adequately prepare for a proper exit. Then when shit hits the fan they blame him.
Everybody who postured as being anti-war and now flips when it's actually done is a fraud. Even those saying nothing, letting Biden take all the heat even though he's correct, are frauds.
It takes tremendous courage to put your middle finger up to the CIA, the pentagon, defense contractors & leadership of *both* parties. Looks like the curmudgeonly grandpa characteristic Biden has was a net positive, at least on this vitally important issue.
As a final point, If your take on Afghanistan presupposes the US cares about protecting freedom, democracy, women's rights etc, congrats on having the analysis of a second grader.
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