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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere you have it. 30K out of Afghan. by JRB. w/zero deaths. GOP governors & Covid? Not so much.
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
Link to tweet
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!!!
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)it is a humanitarian disaster.
Please NBC, fire his dumb ass.
elleng
(131,123 posts)'Joe Biden has basically gotten 30,000 people out of Afghanistan without a single loss of an American life!'
Budi
(15,325 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)Maybe the media can find a way to blame Biden for this. That's the only way anyone will find out about it.
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Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)I fucking give up.
George II
(67,782 posts)....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.
pazzyanne
(6,557 posts)IronLionZion
(45,534 posts)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)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)So it is not surprising there are no deaths.
FelineOverlord
(3,591 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)just like STURGIS! not helpful!
ancianita
(36,137 posts)quakerboy
(13,921 posts)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)to get to airport. Thought I saw women students, etc., crying in fear. Dont think thats going to end soon. Hope Im 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)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...