Now with the perspective of a couple weeks it’s clear that really the only problem with the withdrawal was the collapse of the government. That forced an emergency evacuation which was very successful, though came at the cost of a dozen American lives.
2/ The collapse of the government wasn’t because the withdrawal was misplanned. It was a confirmation of the decision to withdraw itself. Remember Mike Allen saying it was a calamity that would be studied as long as humans read history? Wtf was that about?
3/ This was an embarrassing press freak out that mixed bad faith, denial and evasion. The layered upon that was a whole universe of people who apparently think governments fall in an orderly fashion, with postponements if people want to leave the country.
4/ Now you have folks like Martha Raddatz clinging on to the catastrophe narrative like it was a Huey helicopter rescuing her from her collapsing storyline. They’re upset because Biden’s decision and refusal to budge from it put the lie to decades of fables …
5/ which most of these reporters had made themselves a part of.
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