The biggest surprise, revelation even, of Afghanistan’s fall is not that the Taliban are bad or that the departure is messy. We knew that already
It’s how belligerent, even militaristic, the American and British media are, how totally captured by blob talking points about the
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It’s how belligerent, even militaristic, the American and British media are, how totally captured by blob talking points about the
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‘necessity’ that America fight all over the place and that it’s always ‘defeat’ rather than retrenchment or cutting your losses.
Two weeks ago, there was almost no reporting on Afghanistan. Suddenly a few days of inevitability chaotic imagery, and America is abandoning its
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Two weeks ago, there was almost no reporting on Afghanistan. Suddenly a few days of inevitability chaotic imagery, and America is abandoning its
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responsibilities in a fiasco.
And it was all hawks all the time on-air to comment. No retrenchers or restrainers to place the withdrawal in greater context.
Even in academia, a lot of international relations scholars have deeply soured on the war for more than a decade. But
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And it was all hawks all the time on-air to comment. No retrenchers or restrainers to place the withdrawal in greater context.
Even in academia, a lot of international relations scholars have deeply soured on the war for more than a decade. But
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no one ever called them to be on TV.
The blob-ish, keep fighting indefinitely framing of this whole thing has been remarkable. No wonder Obama and Trump were afraid to withdraw.
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The blob-ish, keep fighting indefinitely framing of this whole thing has been remarkable. No wonder Obama and Trump were afraid to withdraw.
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