Fuck Richard Engel.

[Drunken Irishman]

And fuck MSNBC for giving his warmongering a platform.

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Ditto. Sideways with a pineapple....

[Grasswire2]

2. time for an expose' of Engel's financial status.

Is he taking money from the defense industry?

Something's beginning to smell.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

4. His career is based on war.

No war and he's stuck at home with a closet full of khaki-colored shirts and flak jackets.

[Paladin]

6. With all that experience of his...

...you'd think he'd know that there's always another war to cover. He really flashed his ass, today.

[Katinfl]

13. You are right.

After this afternoon I have had enough of him.

[emmaverybo]

21. Hah! Yeah, something needs to be funny. That image!

[targetpractice]

5. Wow... A few posts about him here just now...

I missed something on MSNBC apparently.

But, he is now way over the top... Too invested, and not objective... I get his passion, but that's not his job.

[JaneQPublic]

7. Plus, he spouted false info.

He claimed no US troops have died in combat in Afghanistan in the 2 years before the exit.

It's easy enough to look up. 10 died in combat there since Aug 2019, even more if you include equipment crashes, falls etc.

So the war correspondent opposes war's end. Guess we shouldn't be surprised.

[panader0]

14. That's a good headline:

War Correspondent Opposes War's End!

[emmaverybo]

23. Good one!

[2naSalit]

27. +1

[Wounded Bear]

8. I used to not mind him, but I had to turn it off today...

he started editorializing a bit too much for my sanity. He used to report more factually and not so opinionatey.

[PortTack]

9. Needed to be said..he could have remained relevant, but instead..this

[Evolve Dammit]

10. I really missed something. He was one of the best reporters on Afghanistan and immigration.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. He did some good reporting earlier. I actually haven't seen him in this withdrawal period

but have seen a lot of complaints.

Rachel Maddow certainly used him alot for his reporting.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. Fuck all the warmongers!

[Traildogbob]

15. Agree

He misled about a lot. He seems to have forgotten Turkey and maybe should show some concerns for Saudi’s atrocities toward women. Maybe he can go cover to drug lords creating the hell that women and children are facing, forcing them to our southern border. He certainly thinks Afghan has been amazing lately and we need our children and money there forever. Some one ask him about Biden’s infrastructure bills and if he thinks that’s affordable. And the American Taliban.

[Rebl2]

16. Yea. He

doesn’t have a war to cover now.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Eeeew. Not even if you held a gun to my head...

[erronis]

18. Am I the only person on DU planet who doesn't know who this person is?

And no way, other than search engines to find out why I should be so upset?

There seems to be nothing substantive in this post and comments other than how much this person has done something wrong.

Oh, well. Let's talk about media personalities again. TikTok, etc.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

19. Our repair man from Afghanistan replied to my expression of concern with tbis:

"Hi.......
I really appreciate your concern about my country and poor people who goes through a lot of hardships and being killed by those extremists and killers.
I am lucky that we came longtime back but seeing these horrible situations in TV, make me to *throughout. Now since there is no one to help, the country is going 100 years backward."

* clearly typo or English as 2nd language.


I suspect Engel knows this and is quite invested in the people more than the war. I can understand it. He should not have been there this long. Faulty perspective.

[dweller]

25. *throwup

n/t


✌🏻

[Raine]

29. Yes, exactly. nt

[Captain Zero]

20. So was he on last flight out? I'm betting not.

nt

[2naSalit]

28. Yeah, he's going to stick around...

He hasn't been much of anywhere else but London for the better part of the last few years. He did a few specials on the pandemic at the beginning but he's been milking Afghanistan for a long time. I bet he'll stay there until he gets threatened.

[Lonestarblue]

35. Last I saw, he was in Doha after leaving Afghanistan.

He seems to run hot or cold. I’ve generally appreciated his reports—until recently. I think he has lost his objectivity, probably because he has spent so much time among Afghans and has made friends among them.

[2naSalit]

37. All of that and...

The addiction to war. I used to like him too but not in the last month.

I know a retired war correspondent who would still go over there if his body would allow it. He has some incredible stories and insight but he's addicted to the mayhem and adrenaline. He chews nicotine gum all day long, he used to smoke that Turkish tobacco over there and what they sell here is crap in comparison. But his lust for witnessing the wars is still his passion, he has his walls lined with photos of Afghans and Azeris and Albanians and war scenes. I helped him edit a book a few years ago, the photo library was incredible and gruesome. But I digress.

I have seen this addiction in advanced stages and it's sad. Engel should not have an outlet for dangerous accusations and innuendo, that's not his job.

[Xoan]

33. He's been in Qatar for days.

[Blue Owl]

22. K&R

[George II]

24. That was a pretty bad rant today. He sees his "relevance" has ended with the end of the war.

[Joinfortmill]

26. I mute him.

[Ponietz]

30. Indeed, and Fuck Marc A. Thiessen

And the Washington Post for employing Thiessen and printing fascist propaganda.

[kairos12]

31. He's a scumbag war vampire.

[Comfortably_Numb]

32. The next 20 years will be anecdotal stories about the millions of Afghans we didn't get evacuated.

Dick Engel will be the pied piper methinks.

[niyad]

34. Not even with someone else's vagina.

[pwb]

36. yep..

[Irish_Dem]

38. He is having war withdrawal, sounds like he was addicted to the blood and drama.