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ffr

(22,671 posts)
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:21 PM Aug 2021

There you have it. 30K out of Afghan. by JRB. w/zero deaths. GOP governors & Covid? Not so much.

Biden Has Gotten 30,000 Out Of Afghanistan With 0 Deaths, As Republicans Kill Thousands With COVID

On CNN, @matthewjdowd says the media coverage on Afghanistan has been over the top and lacking perspective. He added, "The data for the last week shows Joe Biden has basically gotten 30,000 people out of Afghanistan without a single loss of an American life." https://t.co/AWP06MFNEB



Meanwhile, Republican Governors Have Been Killing Thousands With COVID

Hospitals in Florida are on the brink of collapse as they are stretched thin and overwhelmed with COVID patients. The situation is just as dire in other Republican-led states like Mississippi and Texas.

Florida is averaging a staggering 200 COVID deaths a day. Texas is averaging 118 COVID deaths a day. - PoliticusUSA


The JRB era as command in chief is in full effect. Joe is in charge!!!
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DURHAM D

(32,611 posts)
1. Meanwhile Josh Lederman of MSNBC says that
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:23 PM
Aug 2021

it is a humanitarian disaster.

Please NBC, fire his dumb ass.

elleng

(131,123 posts)
2. THANK YOU!
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:25 PM
Aug 2021

'Joe Biden has basically gotten 30,000 people out of Afghanistan without a single loss of an American life!'

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
4. So sad about the people in Tennessee...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:32 PM
Aug 2021

Maybe the media can find a way to blame Biden for this. That's the only way anyone will find out about it.


At least 22 dead, 60 missing in 'unbelievable' Tennessee flooding
Grey Collier, public information officer for the county's emergency management agency, told ABC News Sunday evening that the number of missing persons was "nowhere near concrete" and changing rapidly.

During a news conference Sunday evening Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said rescuers were still searching the area, but cautioned that things were looking grim.

"I would expect, given the number of fatalities we've seen so far, that we're going to see mostly recovery efforts at this point, rather than rescue efforts," he said.
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George II

(67,782 posts)
5. Imagine, it takes a former rightwinger, Matthew Dowd, to recognize the great job Biden is doing....
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:52 PM
Aug 2021

....even while his ex-party members are bashing him every single day.

Nikki Hayley has been particularly relentless and hypocritical.

The fact is Biden has been doing a GREAT job in Afghanistan, particularly with what was left for him to clean up.

I've been an admirer of Joe Biden for a long time, but he's turning out to be a much better President than I could have imagined. And he's doing it without the need to brag about what he did today, yesterday, etc.

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
6. If even one pickup truck is left behind
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:56 PM
Aug 2021

then we have to send troops back in and heavy bombers to kill everyone, because of women's rights. All trucks matter!

Biden has done tremendously well despite blatant disinformation and propaganda from the media. People who didn't know that some equipment would be left behind, shouldn't be on tv as "experts".

Ignoring the data on Afghanistan withdrawal is like ignoring the data on COVID for the folks who saw something on youtube that makes people magnetic. They see the same disturbing images and videos repeatedly but don't hear about actual numbers like 30,000 and 0.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
7. Covid, jobs, health care, infrastructure, education, climate change.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:06 PM
Aug 2021

Those are the things that matter to US voters. No one will give a dang about Afghanistan come 2022 and 2024. It won't even be but a blurb late into the nightly news in another 2 weeks. It won't hold viewers attention much longer.

former9thward

(32,082 posts)
8. The withdrawal agreement said the Taliban would not attack Americans withdrawing.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:09 PM
Aug 2021

So it is not surprising there are no deaths.

 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
10. don't forget TFG holding super- spreader events in a c-19 hot zone ! real smart !
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:16 PM
Aug 2021

just like STURGIS! not helpful!

quakerboy

(13,921 posts)
12. I feel like
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:28 PM
Aug 2021

This is a dangerous line to use until the project is complete. "With 0 deaths"

Just dares one of the American Taliban to find a way to get people killed.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
15. Thought I saw people fall from a plane. Nat'l Sec Advisor said it's your responsibility
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:20 PM
Aug 2021

to get to airport. Thought I saw women students, etc., crying in fear. Don’t think that’s going to end soon. Hope I’m wrong.

Now, what does COVID have to do with Afghanistan, other than probably lots of people will die from it too?

Stuart G

(38,448 posts)
16. If Joe had been in charge of COVID nation wide from the very beginning, thousands less deaths...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:24 PM
Aug 2021

Maybe tens of thousands less deaths....You know why?

Joe Biden cares about people's lives...So he got all the people out with ....NO DEATHS...

How many would have been saved from death if Joe had been in charge the entire time??...Thousands less, perhaps
tens of thousands less....maybe more...REPEAT...............................

JOE BIDEN CARES ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES...OUR LIVES...& OTHERS TOO


YOU THINK IT IS MORE COMPLICATED....NOT REALLY..... WHEN YOU DEEPLY CARE ABOUT LIVES, YOU TRY EVERYTHING
YOU CAN DO TO ...SAVE LIVES...

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