MSNBC Host Nicolle Wallace was not kind to the media's take on Biden & Afghanistan withdrawal!

[egbertowillies]

MSNBC Host Nicolle Wallace was not shy about stating that while most media object to Biden's withdrawal, it is the opposite for Americans.

https://egbertowillies.com/2021/08/20/msnbc-host-nicolle-wallace-was-not-kind-to-the-medias-take-on-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal/

[Hortensis]

1. Haven't seen that yet, but this WaPo editorial pillories cable's pro-war lineup.

Why the debate on Afghanistan is so distorted

As we have watched the rapid dissolution of the Afghan government, the takeover of the country by the Taliban and the desperate effort of so many Afghans to flee, the U.S. media have asked themselves a question: What do the people who were wrong about Afghanistan all along have to say about all this? (Sarcasm emoji appropriate here.)

That’s not literally what TV bookers and journalists have said, of course. But if you’ve been watching the debate, it almost seems that way.

The number of Afghanistan/Iraq hawks — the ones who brought us those twin disasters in the first place — who have been called on by major media organizations to offer their sage assessment of the current situation is truly remarkable.

Whether it’s retired generals who now earn money in the weapons industry, former officials from the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations who in many cases are directly responsible for the mistakes of the past two decades, or war enthusiast pundits with an unblemished record of wrongness, we’re now hearing from the same people who two decades ago told us how great these wars would be, then spent years telling us victory was right around the corner, and are now explaining how somebody else is to blame for Afghanistan.

One name you almost never hear in all the “Why this is President Biden’s greatest failure” talk is one George W. Bush, who took us to Afghanistan... You’ll have to look far and wide for an interview with someone who objected to the Afghanistan war when it began, but if you want to hear one former Bush official interview another former Bush official about what a mess Biden made, just turn on your TV.

This isn’t something new. In fact, it has characterized the debate over the entirety of this period. ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/20/why-debate-afghanistan-is-so-distorted/