Pity the poor Pentagon.
They thought they’d finally achieved it: permanent war against an unidentifiable, invisible and endless “enemy.” Untold trillions spent, progress never measured, nothing ever won. It’s the lifelong wet dream of the American military-industrial complex.
Remember, for a full fifth of a century, the bought-and-paid-for corporate news media were utterly indifferent toward the endless, pointless draining of taxpayer trillions into the sands of Afghanistan.
But now that Biden has ended it, they’re “outraged.”
Of course, the messy job of getting us out of Afghanistan would never have fallen to Biden if the GOP war criminals Bush and Cheney hadn’t decided to invade and occupy the country in order to distract attention from their terrorist pals in Saudi Arabia. But that’s of no interest at all to the corporate news tools.
The U.S. bombed Afghan civilians to bits for 20 years, with nary a peep from the news media. Suddenly they weep lest a sparrow fall in Afghanistan.
In fact, Joe Biden is experiencing his own version of the “Dean Scream” — being condemned by an absurd media narrative that is relentlessly hammered home, day after day.
That propaganda is why a majority of Americans wanted out of Afghanistan, yet now blame Biden for actually getting us out.
The corporate news media intends to destroy Biden's reputation as a warning.
ReplyDeleteThey want to make certain that no one ever attempts to end another lucrative American war again.
We live in a strange world when it's peace that has to be "defended" in argument, and not permanent war.
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