Richard Engel, seeing his cash cow disappear, isn't going away quietly, and misrepresenting....

[George II]

...what Biden actually said.

Biden saying Afghanistan was yesterday’s news, yesterday’s terror threat. That he’s guided by future threats. How can the taliban, who still deny bin laden was responsible for 9-11, controlling a country in the center of asia not constitute a current and future threat?

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[Irish_Dem]

1. We can see how even respected journalists are deeply imbedded in the MIC.

The Military Industrial Complex has been their bread and butter for far too long.

[JI7]

2. I think it has more to do with Ego

[GemDigger]

4. I think it has more to do with the relationships he has made

while covering there. It isn't ego, it isn't money, it is emotion and connection to people.

[AndyS]

12. This!! He has been immersed in the middle east for 20+ years

and like it or not that will color opinion, coverage and sympathy.

[Midnight Writer]

14. I agree. He has been working closely with people whose lives are now in jeopardy.

Imagine walking away from your workplace friends knowing they may be imprisoned, tortured, or killed. Maybe they will be targeted specifically because of their relationship with you. Their families may also be endangered.

I can't imagine the anguish.

[George II]

3. This is Engel's thinking about Middle East wars and conflict, from his own book:

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[kysrsoze]

19. Just another war opportunist. Now his gig has been shut down. He also praised Dump's

negotiated withdrawal about a year ago. He's full of shit.

[LenaBaby61]

22. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[jrthin]

5. Fire the m'fer for malpractice of journalism. But then again,

most of his peers are practicing this same type of journalism...me, me, me. Like the Afghan war, I want him and his ilk done and gone. Andrea Mitchell, are you listening?

[LenaBaby61]

24. He's been getting his ass handed to him on twitter ...

People are tearing his ass a NEW one on twitter, over his extremely BIASED journalism and unjust criticism of Pres. Biden.

GOOD!!!

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[2naSalit]

27. I went so far as to...

Complain to MSNBC about his biases in reporting.

[Omnipresent]

6. Let's hope the Taliban is smart enough to "Let sleeping dogs lie"..

Being bombed again by the US military, should not be one of their goals.

[NurseJackie]

7. I've lost respect for him. He's forever diminished and tarnished.

[agingdem]

17. Richard Engel is like the undercover cop

who been "under" so long he can't tell the good guys from the bad guys..Biden is a good guy..

[NurseJackie]

20. That's an interesting analogy. I agree.

[2naSalit]

28. +1

[JohnSJ]

9. We don't need armies to occupy countries to fight terrorism. bin laden was killed in Pakistan

without an army stationed there.

You need intelligence in the country, not an army

We don’t need endless wars or endless occupations

[GoCubsGo]

10. ABC is just as bad.

Louisiana is drowning, The West is on fire, but they gave their own war whore, Martha Raddatz, the lead story, and nearly 8 minutes to spew her hyperbolic shit. American citizens are an afterthought. Fuck them.

[The Blue Flower]

11. He contradicts himself in this statement

He quotes Biden saying he's concerned with current and future threats, then calls the taliban a current and future threat.

[snowybirdie]

13. Engle made his bones

on this war. He will miss it. Also he lives in London and has no clue about the will of the American people. He needs some lengthy R&R.

[agingdem]

18. Richard is talking this "end of war" thing

personally...no more war>no more MSNBC slobbering adoration for his "sacrifice"... he's being retired...give him the goddamn gold watch and get him some counseling..

[lark]

15. Not watching msm right now, it's sickening and so slanted.

I'm ignoring them and their drivel by totally tuning it out on tv. I don't respond to most Afghanistan posts, but this guy is so emblematic of wartime profiteering by msm and mic.

[Sneederbunk]

16. Give him a vacation then put him on the Climate Change beat.

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. Engel will become as relevant and influential as Roland Hedley.

[2naSalit]

29. +1

[tenderfoot]

23. I like Matthew Dowd's response...

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[Wingus Dingus]

25. He can cover anti mask/vaxxer nuts at American school board meetings if he

misses the thrill of being surrounded by dangerous nutcases.

[DFW]

26. Talk about being in harm's way!

After a few run-in episodes with those fanatics, he might long to return to the relative calm of Kandahar.

[2naSalit]

30. +1

[andym]

31. The Taliban probably do represent a security threat-- although perhaps not as conventionally viewed

but because their own rule may be unstable. Without their founder Mullah Omar and really not a homogeneous group, they may be subject to takeover by people much more hostile to the US than even they are.They also face others like ISIS-K who will fight them for control of the country.

[lindysalsagal]

32. If the talisman are terrorists, then the negotiated with them

And that alone should barr him from running again.