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Service members in non-combat missions including al bain yeah, iraq, south korea. that is was just more of a confidence issue for the afghan forces. they were actually doing a pretty stable job the last for you years. dont get me wrong. it was violent. it was messy. it was bloody, but they needed that support in the background. >> so -- so david, respond to that. complete abandonment of afghanistan. do you agree with her? >> i think theres probably a way to have a softer transition perhaps and w...

Evacuation and what are we getting right and wrong in this withdrawal of coverage from afghanistan. joining us is author and former nbc news afghanistan correspondent and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. you spoke you and i earlier this week and you were very critical of the administration. the administration is saying on the sunday morning shows that actually thousands of people have been evacuated and no american lives lost so far. how do you feel about where we are tonight? >>...

All week, MSNBC’s The ReidOut host Joy Reid has shilled for the Biden administration amidst the embarrassing and deadly collapse of Afghanistan that’s trapped thousands of Americans and Afghan allies. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Reid’s spin ranged from arguing this was what the American people wanted to blaming Donald Trump for the calamity to denouncing Afghans and the U.S. military. And to further beclown herself, Reid’s fellow quislings included cartoonish hacks such as David C...

Withdrawal, again, didnt begin under this administration, it was bidens predecessor who not only set the plan in motion but continued to defend it over just this summer. >> i started the process. all the troops are coming back home. they couldnt stop the process. 21 years is enough. dont we think? they couldnt stop the process. they wanted to but it was very tough to stop the process. >> joining me now is david corn, washington bureau chief and the author of a new news later, this land, and tom ...

Care so much about them. mike pompeo posing in a picture with the guy whos running afghanistan saying look at this great deal we put together. this was trumps policy, and they loved it, and now theyre deleting their tweets, even trump. there he is. mike pompeo, your thoughts, david. >> of course trump last year wanted to have a summit with the taliban on 9/11 at camp david. people thought he finally was talked out of that. for 20 years, the american public has been fed nothing but lies. i hate t...

Over this country again, that was what, you know, the american public whether it realized it or not, thats what they said they preferred over staying there. >> and also the taliban, theyre different now than they were before. this is how they are, right, so this is what one should have expected. david, the thing that is very difficult to listen to is republicans, you know, screaming that, you know, there should be, kevin mccarthy ripping the strategy, calling for investigations. he wont investig...

Obama administration, most americans didnt give afghanistan another thought until right now when theyre looking through their politics to see how do i need to feel about this based on where your politics are, just like with the vaccine, just bananas, thats where we are. david corn, tom nichols, appreciate you both. ahead, new information about the vaccine, booster shots as u.s. health officials warn that unvaccinated americans are sitting ducks for the potentially deadly delta variant. stay wi...

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After a Black police officer and others delivered emotional testimony about the violent Jan. 6 Capitol attack during the opening day of hearings conducted by the House select committee that is investigating the insurrection, Fox News commentators Laura Ingraham mocked those who delivered the testimony. Ingraham and Tucker used their July 27 shows to downplay what the officers defending the Capitol experienced on the day of the attack, and the social media backlash to their comments came swiftl...

Share this - copied Six months after the MAGA insurrection at the Capitol, its been revealed that the FBI infiltrated a militia group that discussed a Virginia secession movement and scouting the Capitol. At the same time, Republicans continue to shield Donald Trump and push his "big lie." Dr. Jason Johnson is joined by Mother Joness David Corn to discuss how Democrats can fight back with the facts and the state of the GOP.July 7, 2021 ReadMore