The forever war has been cut back by like 95 percent and Biden has gotten no credit for it

[kpete]

every time I point this out the main reaction is astonishment. both Biden's people and the press are falling down at communicating a real basic fact about the world



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[Quakerfriend]

1. And, Biden has received so much criticism for

the way US left Afghanistan.

I was heartened to hear J. Bolton remind CNN news guy that pull out of Afghanistan was agreement made by Trump & just followed through on by Biden.

[Haggard Celine]

2. I enjoyed seeing Bolton say that, too.

I was laughing like hell by the time the 'host' ended that conversation.

[JohnSJ]

3. In fact just the opposite. Yesterday several outlets, including CNN were blaming President Biden

for the "terrble way" the withdrawl from AFghanistan occurred, and implying that with the successful targeting of the AQ leader in Afghanistan, demostrates how "unsuccessful" our withdrawl from Afghanistan was.

I am convinced that the so-called journalists today are complete idiots.

There was no "good" way to withdraw from Afghanistan, and staying there indefinitely would accomplish nothing. After twelve plus years, if Afghanistan army could not counter the taliban, then it was doomed to fail. It also failed to recognize that occupying a country with military troops was NOT the best way to fight terrorisim.

They want to blame Biden, but conveniently forget that it was trump who setup the withdrawal of all Americans from Afghanistan.

[RKP5637]

5. Absolutely!!! "... journalists today are complete idiots." In fact many of their articles are

also so poorly written.

[Walleye]

10. Which is why for 20 years no other president had the courage to do it

[Lonestarblue]

24. Most of the media had both articles and opinion pieces lambasting the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Some of them hyped how bad Afghanistan is today: the poverty, the malnutrition, the loss of education for girls and freedom for women even to go outside the home without a male relative as escort.

Yes, those things are horrible, and I feel sorry for Afghans who do not support the Taliban, but it’s what happens when a country is allowed to be ruled by religion. People in the US should be put on notice as our own religious extremists try to run roughshod over rights with the help of the Supreme Court.

[JohnSJ]

27. You are absolutely right, we face a very real danger of that

[RKP5637]

4. The Democrats are consistently horrible communicators. Many seem to have no idea how to sell

the Democrats' successes. It's incredible and is nothing new. I just don't get it. Also, I think much of the media is of no help. Much of the media focuses on negativity, as that increases revenue.

[bigtree]

6. love these 'Dems suck at communicating posts'

...no self-awareness at all.

How about just promoting the things you believe are important?

Better yet, promote some of the things Dems are doing to get their messages out.

https://www.youtube.com/user/DemocraticVideo

[RKP5637]

7. That, does not reach the national media/news! n/t

[bigtree]

12. Dems don't run the news orgs

...republicans own and dominate the editorial decisions of the majors.

That's the challenge, really not just some Democratic failing - which makes it all the more imperative that supporters are just as prolific and responsible in our own public messaging.

I really don't get concluding that because the media aren't promoting Dems enough, it therefore means Dems suck at messaging.

[RKP5637]

16. Yes, this is all quite true! n/t

[calimary]

19. Well, you know what that means, don't you?

WE have to do it.

WE have to push it.

WE have to share it.

WE have to promote it.

WE have to get the talking points out - and SPREAD ‘em!

The news biz won’t. So WE MUST!

BE YOUR OWN NEWS CENTER!

BE the one who always keeps track and reads farther down than the headline, finds the truth, and shares what we learn.

WE are the ones who don’t have owners to heed or corporations to cow to or orders to follow or advertisers to be beholden to. And we DON’T have to do anything someone else’s way, especially when it’s counterproductive or antisocial or selfishly short-sighted.

[RKP5637]

22. I do that all the time. For Obama, for example, I converted a number of republicans to vote for him.

For Biden, I spread success stories.

[True Blue American]

25. Good news on this front. I heard this morning that Biden

And Democrats are going on a media blitz in September. The President will sign this latest bill today and they intend to go all over.

[calimary]

30. I still remember one of the best lines in one of the Cheech & Chong movies.

A female character friend of theirs as they attempted to launch a music career memorably observed: “it doesn’t mean dick if they don’t promote you.”

And THERE’S the bottom line: PROMOTION!!!

GOT TO promote it. GOT TO! Nobody’s gonna know (or care) if they don’t know what good thing(s) you did! Nobody out there is a mind-reader to know what good thing(s) you did. You gotta tell ‘em!

We ALL have to be promoters here! And not just casual promoters. RELENTLESS promoters.

Especially with the asshole push-back from the media and Pox Noise and all the cheap-ass wannabe Pox Noise copycats. WE have to fight back AND PUSH BACK! As hard and as often as possible!

BE the Truth Squad! And SPREAD the word!

[PatSeg]

9. Good point

And I just shared these charts twice.

[PatSeg]

8. Oh, I love charts!

They say so much with so few words. This is really impressive.

[RKP5637]

23. Yes, and it keeps it simple!!! Attention spans tend to be short!!! Quick and simple IMO works best!

[PatSeg]

28. And in this case, the differences are dramatic!

[2naSalit]

11. NPR had a whole week on...

how it was a disaster. I am tired of war, war mongering and war profiteers.

[treestar]

13. But of course we blame Biden, not the media

We could do it ourselves.

[True Blue American]

26. They never mention Trump signed the deal with the Taliban, not the government.

Now front page how bad it is in Afghanistan. They love conflict and war.

[Peacetrain]

14. Truth to power

Someday just as the historians mark what a disaster the Trump attempt was at destabilizing our country.. they will also acknowledge the amazing amazing things the Biden has done..

I wish I could remember the entire quote..but basically it says, people are not valued in their own time..

[no_hypocrisy]

15. Here's "The Formula":

Biden can follow the wishes of Republicans and they'll be contrarians and claim he's ruining this country. Exhibit "A": Afghanistan

[brooklynite]

17. Other than for a handful of progressives, this has never been an issue.

Iraq and Afghanistan were because US troops were on the ground. Nobody cares about military engagements elsewhere.

[GreenWave]

18. News Corporations are married to industrial war complex.

They do not want peace.

[hay rick]

20. The media is intent on downplaying Biden's successes.

They are desperately trying to maintain the pretense of a viable two-party system. To this end that have to understate both Biden's accomplishments and Republican corruption, incompetence, and treason.

[Lemon Lyman]

21. Yup

Not only did he not get credit, but the Afghanistan pullout is when the media started sh*tting on him for a living. The first 6 months of his presidency PJB got fair coverage. Once the media saw how much attention and how many clicks they got from their trash Afghanistan coverage, they decided to go all-in on that type of coverage. After that it was:

YOU WON'T GET YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ON TIME
SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS
INFLATION
GAS PRICES
MILK PRICES
INFLATION
MILK PRICES
GAS PRICES
BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE
RECESSION
GAS PRICES

Of course when things trend in the wrong direction, TONS of doomsday coverage ("Let's go live to Stark Phillips standing outside the most expensive gas station in the country&quot . Never any coverage of things going in the right direction (vaccines in arms, life going back to post-Covid normal for most people, falling gas prices, legistlation passed, problems fixed).

[Initech]

29. Because conservatives control the narrative.

I don't know how many times I have to say this but I will continue to shout it from the rooftops: THE PROPAGANDA IS THE PROBLEM!!! We cannot have a stable country until we properly address how bad and out of control the right wing propaganda machine is. They will do anything to bury Biden and cement Trump as a god. It's completely maddening and infuriating.

[LaMouffette]

31. A Nobel Peace Prize might do the trick in calling the media's attention to Biden's success!

Anyone know how to go about nominating him???

Here is yet another reason to love Joe Biden! The Peace President.

[lees1975]

32. Stop criticizing him for Afghanistan. We're out of there too

and he did an absolutely incredible job, given the fact that his predecessor did not participate in the peaceful transfer of power or provide any information about the absolute disaster he had created there.

[Karadeniz]

33. Astounding information.... Thanks !!