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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVeteran Comm. specialist can't get voices supportive of the Afghanistan withdrawal on tv or in print
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Veteran Comm. specialist can't get voices supportive of the Afghanistan withdrawal on tv or in print (Original Post)
EleanorR
Aug 2021
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Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Our intrepid 'liberal media' at work ...
tblue37
(65,488 posts)2. K&R for visibility. nt
RockRaven
(15,003 posts)3. Corporate media has an agenda... Reporters, producers, executives all have aligned incentives
towards war and imperialism. They aren't trying to inform you about objective reality, they are trying to convince you to believe a narrative.
AllaN01Bear
(18,423 posts)4. we need the fairness doctrine back asap.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)5. Has any "non-corporate media" found someone who applauds the withdrawal execution?
I get people are for withdrawal, me too, but not many supporting the execution.
Any Democratic Congress members applauding the optics? How about Sec Buttigieg? Anyone else?
The Wizard
(12,549 posts)6. Nobody is talking about
the 5000 Taliban enforcers who were released from custody. Who set them free?
PortTack
(32,794 posts)7. The average veterans I've seen speaking about it are pretty much in agreement
If you werent there, you didnt serve STFU!
They fully understood what was happening and knew it would turn out this way.
When ppl panic regardless the threat, especially at this level, it grows exponentially and cant be easily controlled
chowder66
(9,081 posts)8. K&R