Trying to make sense of America’s disaster in Afghanistan? Let John Oliver help you out. In the latestOliver looks back over the last 20 years of America’s catastrophic presence in the country, from how the US invaded it with little debate and poor planning during the Bush administration, through Obama’s expansion of America’s military presence and massive escalation of drone strikes, to Biden poorly implementing the poorly planned pullout the Trump administration negotiated with the Taliban.
Oliver’s segment is a depressing but important explainer on the overarching chaos and confusion that defined America’s nebulous mission in Afghanistan throughout the last two decades, but with jokes. Also it shows once again how Oliver and his show aren’t partisan; it criticizes Obama and Biden for America’s failures and incomprehensible strategy in Afghanistan as much as it does Bush or Trump.
If you’re looking for a summary of the American collapse in Afghanistan that’s slightly easier to watch than a cable news segment, check out this clip from
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