WHY DRIVE-BY JOURNALISTS ARE THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES.

Over the weekend, former president Donald Trump held a rally during which he took a dig at current president^(*) Joe Biden's botching of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, something that lots of other citizens not holding office have also been doing of late.

A radio newsreader opted to append, by way of a fact-check or something, that the Trump administration had some sort of settlement with the Taliban and other Afghan tribal leaders under which United States forces and advisors would have been out by May 1.

As fact-checks go, that's a self-own, as we might expect an extension to have led to a better result, particularly with the adults Our Intellectual Betters keep telling us are Back In Charge adding their wisdom.

It might be, as my Member of Congress, who has experience in theater, noted, that the Trump foreign policy team made the botch possible by negotiating with terrorist overlords in the first place.  He continued, "The Republicans are putting out talking points to make Biden look bad. The Democrats are putting out talking points to point out the past administration. In truth, they're both responsible.  Both parties have failed the American people."

The news reader did not offer that, or any other elaboration.