It feels like the media is hoping for failure and bloodshed with the Afghan evacuation.

[Drunken Irishman]

It's really sad to see how gleeful they appear to be at the thought of total chaos.

The fact it isn't happening, though, is really going to strain their narrative.

[malaise]

1. And the Slobfather and his allies goons are quite capable of delivering

that for them

[XanaDUer2]

2. more carnage, more ratings nt

[JohnSJ]

3. That is exactly what they want

[Ocelot II]

4. Success is boring. A bloody disaster gets more attention and more ad revenue.

[grumpyduck]

22. Yup.

[Hugin]

5. Posted without comment...

vimeo.com/429024700

Personal note: This was the second most common song requested back in my karaoke daze. Right after AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".

[ScratchCat]

11. Beat me to it

First thing I thought of

[Hugin]

14. +1 n/t

[OnlinePoker]

6. Isn't the mantra "If it bleeds, it leads"? n/t

[Wounded Bear]

7. If it bleeds, it leads...safely conducted operations are boring.

[mopinko]

17. and we all see what a few decades of that gets you-

a fucking insurrection and an out of control plague.

we are a traumatized nation.

[Mad_Machine76]

8. Everybody's hair is on fire

but I'm not really sure why? Also, while I support ensuring safety for American and others, is it really practical to re-locate a growing number of people. When we end wars, is it typical to take most of that country's population with us?

[Ocelot II]

9. 2.5 million left Southeast Asia after Saigon fell. We took most of them.

[Mad_Machine76]

10. All at one time?

Or over a matter of years?

[Ocelot II]

12. A huge number of Vietnamese in 1975.

Other groups, like the Hmong from Cambodia, came later.

[Mad_Machine76]

15. What standards are we setting

in terms of relocating Afghanis? What standards are CNN setting?

[Ocelot II]

20. Ask them. I'm not in charge.

[agingdem]

13. exactly...

at what point does the State Department say.."enough"?...and there was a "duh ya think" very good reason the Taliban was able to take over the country is record time...the Taliban was living among the population in Afghan towns and villages...callous as this may seem...how much do we owe them and will that debt ever be paid?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

16. Joe is working with and talking to the DoD on this...

Which means the situation is improving at such speeds and with a plan around the clock.

I have flown inside if a C-17. They are HUGE cargo planes that have HUGE payloads.

[Miles Archer]

18. The media in general is rooting for failure in all areas

Maggie Haberman is particularly quick on the uptake every time President Biden farts.

I know she had a reputation...most likely well deserved...for lobbing Nerf balls at Trump in order to retain access.

With Biden, she's definitely not Laura Ingraham / Sean Hannity / Tucker Carlson, but she is there to tweet every time there's a hint of less than perfection from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[Mad_Machine76]

19. Republicans like Boebert

seem to openly salivating for a Benghazi/Black Hawk Down scenario

[Vogon_Glory]

21. Of course they are

Disaster and carnage on video pumps their ratings.