There is simply no comparison now, either between the scale of failure & incompetence or the way it is being (not) covered in the national media. Two wildly different standards:
Mark Copelovitch
The scale of failure & incompetence & alienating allies now, compared to Biden/🇦🇫, is orders of magnitude worse. And the tone of the coverage is simply the polar opposite. You don't have to believe me. You can go back & read @joshtpm.bsky.social & @brianbeutler.bsky.social from 2021:
Mark Copelovitch
And a reminder that you should go back & read @joshtpm.bsky.social on the shameful sh*tshow that was the "Biden failed in Afghanistan" feeding frenzy:
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
Mark Copelovitch
talkingpointsmemo.com
I wrote at the beginning of the week that the lightning collapse of the Afghan Army and the Afghan state, far from making me question the decision to withdraw, had removed any doubt in my mind that it...
