US media continues to give credit and space to primarily white, US-based men who not only aren’t experts on the true costs the Afghan people bear from the US’ #EndlessWar in #Afghanistan, but in some cases actually helped create the suffering Afghans continue to face.
<THREAD>🧵 We've put together some helpful "profiles"😃 for you to learn more about some of the men we're talking about & why they should NEVER be considered experts on Afghanistan or anything else!

And be sure to scroll to the end to learn about some of the real experts to follow instead!

Shocked and horrified. That is our feeling after reading this bizarre statement by @realDonaldTrump that excuses the murder of Jamal #Khashoggi and seeks to justify the intentional starvation of up to 13 million people in #Yemen. Let’s unpack this. 1/8
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat… It is telling that the statement starts by placing blame Iran, not on Mohammed bin Salman, front and center in the defense of murder and lawlessness. Conflict with Iran is both a prized goal for the administration and an lazy appeal to Trump’s base. 2/8 lobelog.com/trumps-march-t…

BREAKING: the Trump admin released legal “justification” for its 2018 Syria missile attack. justice.gov/olc/opinion/fi…
Memo claims Trump has limitless power to wage global war - w/out regard to the Constitution. Our take on what Congress should do vs. what it is doing <thread> 1/ Unfathomably, what’s on Senate’s docket hands Congress’s constitutional power OVER to the president. The Senate will mark-up the proposed #CorkerKaineAUMF (SJRes59) by the end of June. Let's unpack this proposal and why we can’t let Senators be fooled by misleading spin. 2/