John Bolton and Mike Pence Criticize Biden’s Handling of Afghanistan: A Closer Look

[@rgs8970]

Thank you for shouting-out Barbara Lee for being the sole vote against the Authorization for Use of Military Force in 2001, which she criticized from the beginning as "a blank check giving the US government unlimited power to wage war without debate". Trying to pretend that endless war was inevitable and "no one knew any better" is ahistorical at best and disingenuous at worst. Anyway, feeling grateful for Representative Lee, even though she got the Cassandra treatment from both the Republican party and her own party

[@tkam54]

What is the Cassandra treatment?

[@AngryAuditor]

@@tkam54 I'd tell you but you wouldn't believe me.

[@RebeccaOre]

@@tkam54 not believing a woman who predicted the future during the Trojan War. Lincoln voted against the US invasion of Mexico. The US was empire building around the same time Russia was.

[@zapkvr]

@@RebeccaOre yes and how did that work out? Peak influence occurred around the time of Bretton Woods. It has been a long slow decline ever since

[@lyndakoers1389]

I think Senator Obama also voted against it. That point was made in one of the debates with Hillary Clinton. ( He was the Senator from Illinois at that time).

[@prieten49]

There's a German expression that goes in English like: "Better a terrible ending than a terror without end." There is certainly enough blame to go around. Ultimately we the people voted for these finger-to-the-wind politicians. We have a responsibility to help pick up the pieces, be that offer refuge for our friends and aid for Afghanis who stay.

[@DianeKovacs]

Thank you. This is what I needed. :)

[@tkam54]

Dope quote

[@FluffyNinjaUnicorn3Gaming]

Yes!

[@zapkvr]

Respect

[@Ashtheseval]

I enjoy reading the comments - and I've realized - there are a lot of Germans that like to watch this show! Why?

[@terryturner7717]

Your “A Closer Look” segments are Always right on target, insightful, and brilliant! Thank you, Seth, and all your team. You Rock!! You give me hope for our future.

[@parha123]

More like, "Come Closer, Look Here and Let Me Brainwash You" 🤣🤣🤣

[@nedflanders2943]

@@parha123 why are you even here? Stick to your OAN trash

[@parha123]

@@nedflanders2943 Don't Bully Me 😢🥺😭

[@Franklinplatt64]

He’s the best.

[@darkenrahl5213]

@@nedflanders2943 is that what the TV told you to think?

[@kimjongfun5427]

As a young man, John Bolton supported the Vietnam War enthusiastically but purposefully avoided serving there himself, because he said "I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy." Basically, John Bolton is the definition of a chicken hawk.

[@angelainamarie9656]

He's everything I utterly despise about the right and their hypocrisy.

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

And we wonder why he Liked Donald Trump, at first, lol

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

I will say this: "I may avoid wars, but I will also oppose them, lol."

[@bubblesezblonde]

WELL SAID! Dont forget he was private BoneSpur's head of the State department....morons leading morons.

[@crowdsourcedlife]

Can we just start calling chicken hawks John Bolton's then?

[@TheAverageGuy12]

Well done Seth. Yours is the only show I not felt compelled to say how crap their reasoning over Afghanistan is. You have both accepted the mistakes, not glorified anything, given us the history, without excuses, and called out the hypocrisy.

[@catpursel4644]

Just need to say again, "I love you Seth!" Thanks to you and your writers!

[@andydufresne8034]

I've always believed the war was kept going by people who profited from it.

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

it was kept going by politicians, in congress, the white house, and the pentagon, and all of them were significantly influenced by defense contractor lobbyists, tho there's no small number of "true believers" among the political class.

[@mohamedsaid9416]

@@sirmoonslosthismind why do politicians argue about everything like abortion guns climate change taxes but come together when comes to war?🤨

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

This is, no doubt, one of the reasons why I hate money so much.

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

@@mohamedsaid9416 just look at all the flak biden is getting for his decision. nobody wants that to be them. and it would have been worse any time before now.

[@SevenFootPelican]

@@sirmoonslosthismind It's really not even that bad. It's mostly conservative partisans who are criticizing Biden - and not even for his decision, but the way it was carried out. I HIGHLY DOUBT Biden intended to pull out this way. Instead, I bet you any money high ranking military officials purposefully bungled the exit from Afghanistan to leave Biden with a political mess on his hands. It's retribution for Biden ending their gravy train.

[@lisefrazier5984]

The loudest callers for boots on the ground never have their own boots on the ground. They likely, however, own stock in Halliburton, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, etc.

[@marvinmartion1178]

That's a good observation! And very accurate.

[@kristinnelson-patel442]

Absolutely! There’s no recipe for never ending war like defense contractors who need to demonstrate never ending quarterly revenue growth for shareholders. There’s only so much money governments can spend on defense contractors without war going after all.

[@yellow01umrella]

Under peaceful conditions the millitant man attacks himself.

[@tiffanyanderson9437]

The old men should fill any future boots.

[@marylynne9104]

In case anyone is wondering, Dolphin Man is an AI bot, trying to learn how to respond to human communication. Clever stuff, but please don’t help with its education.

[@leeschillinger4020]

You and your writers (a.k.a. audience) are a combination of brilliance, thoroughness, and humor par excellence! How can we be so lucky to have all to get us through a very challenging time! In a line from a very old song, “stay as sweet as you are.“ Thanks so much🌹

[@weirdkitty07]

Putting up Bolten and Rove just proves how truly pathetic and distanced from reality Fox News is.

[@alisondiaz1026]

Hate to say this, but Bolton was on CNN. But I do agree that neither of them should be talking about the withdrawal, especially since it was basically the stupid ass republican party who went to war. I heard that instead of going to "war," it should have been more a crime against our country by a certain set of people, i.e.: bin laden and his henchmen. It is unfortunate that the Taliban have now taken over the country and lied about how they would treat those that helped us and the women and young girls.

[@Marijuanifornia]

Torturers and mass murderers criticizing a humanitarian effort. That's all it is.

[@jamesp8459]

I know people who watch FOX news, they're truly disconnected from reality and believe every conspiracy theory they hear because some shadowy figure said so, thus it must be true.

[@kiniburk]

Someone remind trump of Syria and the Kurds he abandoned.

[@nextgen5510]

That's what I thought when I hear some ppl say Trump would have managed this better. But I think America leadership just screw up like what Seth said - Democratic and Republican. Not just one party or one person.

[@emandem3088]

Ya but trump, his admin, his supporters, his aides all have selective memories.

[@izzie9888]

@@nextgen5510 Yes but it is not equal when comparing administrations

[@gobigorange]

trump couldn’t find Syria on a map

[@manbtm1]

Of course, when this was brought up the Republican response was that Obama screwed everything up before. All of this just keeps going on and on and on face it, none of the administrations had the guts to pull out of Afghanistan because they knew it was going to be a mess and they were going to be blamed for what was left behind. Biden was the one who finally said enough is enough, basically put to action what all the prior administration said needed to be done. And of course here we are, exactly what is happening, there’s no way to pull out Afghanistan without horrible repercussions to the Afghanistan people, otherwise the United States will be in there forever trying to defend it, the sad thing is Biden was actually right in his speech when he says, how can I justify putting more American troops and lives in there and at risk, when the Afghanistan’s themselves don’t want to defend it. Good point, but not what people want to hear. It doesn’t matter how fast the pull out was, it was going to be a horrible mess. The Taliban already knew. what they need to do to take over. Why do you think the Russians took off in 1978, they suffered the same faith, enormous casualties and cost in a absolute no-win situation. History repeating itself.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

_"It is okay to lie, cheat and steal as long as you don't get caught."_ (GOP moral guideline.)

[@p-dubya]

And once caught, Deny…deny…deny!!! Then insist that the pictures and reports of any wrongdoing were taken COMPLETELY out of context by the socialist left-wing media! (GOP Moral Guidelines continued…)

[@adamf663]

@@p-dubya and go right for the victimhood role. "Sure you caught me riffling through the pockets of a corpse, still smoking gun in my hand, clothes covered in brain splatter. But what about how the cops came and kidnapped me and are holding me against my will in a metal cage? What about that?"

[@FrankHeuvelman]

@@adamf663 America in a nutshell.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

@@p-dubya Well Pamela, at least you still _can_ make pictures and launch a report. You were so close to loosing it all and enter a new era where the internet is shaped, censored and controlled by government and demonstrations must be allowed and approved by authority in advance. And all that because for over forty years by now you've allowed your constitution to be demolished one little step a time, stone by stone. And that to a point where your constitution is no longer worth the paper it has been written on. God, I'm so fortunate to have been born and raised over here in The Netherlands and call it home.

[@LaPtiteAnglaise]

Hilary? Emails? Bill? Monica? Both - the Clinton Foundation and its cloying to corrupt regimes for money? Hilary? Bullets at the airport? Kamala/Biden - No crisis at the border? The entire Trump collusion nonsense for 4 years? Jesus - at least pretend to have some sort of balance…

[@molsongrrrl]

I absolutely support getting troops out of Afghanistan. It was way past time. But we do need to help the Afghan refugees and the evacuation of these folks has been a mess. We have to do better.

[@lukazupie7220]

U know there is 38mio of them right? If u want to help them some military there was probably the best solution.. u cant just evacuate them, nor do they want it..

[@lukazupie7220]

To be clear… many obviously want it, but many dont..

[@weemeemoo]

@@lukazupie7220 According to Matt Zeller, there are 80k Afghan allies waiting to come to the US. That's not the entire country and is manageable when we can evacuate +5k people per day.

[@neilenglish8582]

Molsongrrl....yes, thank you

[@molsongrrrl]

@@weemeemoo yes we absolutely need to get that done

[@CaptainPlainJaneway]

I'm beginning to think Jared wasn't actually qualified to bring peace to the Middle East.

[@LearnAboutFlow]

Guess slumlord daddy Kushner couldn't pay off enough warlords.

[@josephguzman4737]

Oh yeah lol what happened to that

[@mrlevhil]

Stop being so impatient.

[@louisochs9135]

He's the antichrist. He will "make peace" soon enough. Pope Francis will be his false prophet.

[@blackbird5634]

The Middle East is 2,000 miles away from Afghanistan.

[@bmc87]

Pence's OP-Ed should have been titled, "Why Did We OK a Deal With the Taliban?"

[@br0wn640]

Impeach his whole administration and fire those "woke" generals....

[@bmc87]

@@br0wn640 You do know that Pence was VP when the deal was made and is now not the VP and therefore cannot be impeached as he is no longer part of the administration, right? Leaving Afghanistan is a direct result of a Trum Administration decision, but I'm not here to argue.

[@AmyDentata]

They don't ever think they're wrong about their foreign policy decisions, because those blunders made them tons of money.

[@outlawJosieFox]

And it is not their kids serving

[@marvinmartion1178]

Well I've been waiting 40years for a republican to admit being wrong about anything!

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

"I don't get why so many people are angry about our foreign policy decisions. It's making us a ton of money, so we're doing something right." Yeah, you're doing everything except your job properly.

[@rockleesmile]

Oh hey! Didn't expect to see you here.

[@NewMessage]

"I don't think in all of the years, our country has been so humiliated." * cough * January 6th *cough *

[@connecttown]

Vietnam, Cuba, Iran , Venezuela , Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@hannahdyson7129]

My city had peterloo ...which was a nasty experience Ps no one knows what peterloo is...but its a warning for everyone

[@thethree60five]

This increases likelihood of another moment. The last kinda free election.. of Trump 2024... and loss of the house and senate in 2022.

[@truthseeker2797]

Don’t be an idiot. This

[@preciousjohnson1433]

Thank you!!

[@terryturner7717]

I do not understand why the media is giving air time to the architects of this disaster. Preach, Seth!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Mgranadosv]

There's never been something like this. Said the guy who surely remembers Vietnam or at least skipping it.

[@CainLatrani]

Damn straight.

[@MrNando7986]

Sir, you are absolutely right!

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Trump's followers are allergic to real history. So of course Trump is ignorant of history.

[@josho6038]

Or iraq...lmao...we took over Kuwait in the process for the oil...lmao. we went to Vietnam for drugs. We went to Afghanistan for rare earths and drugs. The USA has turned into the very thing we defeated in WW2--a plunder government. And THEN, we just don't understand why we are hated by the world...lmao!

[@somethingclever4563]

I don't think "He broke our deal with the Taliban" Is quite the insult that Mike thinks it is...

[@BarbaraMatteau]

I know! That was my thought exactly!

[@metheus108]

"We brought the Taliban here, on the anniversary of 9/11, as our friends and allies, leaving the Afghan government at home and out of the way of our great peace negotiations for their country. Then what does Biden do? He insults our good friends the Taliban by breaking the deal we had with only them and not the legitimate government! This is the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of the United States. I asked Dick Cheney and he said it was just terrible that someone wants to end his forever war and all the beautiful bases that were to spring up through the Middle East in perpetuity, he's just devastated."

[@somethingclever4563]

@@metheus108 not gonna lie You had me in the first half😂

[@br0wn640]

Interesting how Trump a total novice with foreign policy was able to achieve pretty sizeable success in the middle east while career politicians cannot even manage to withdraw US citizens from Afghanistan before withdrawing troops. The most basic of things is to difficult for these people. In any other walk of life they would be homeless.

[@travelwell6049]

😂 how silly

[@nevertoooldgaming_Rave]

Can we please acknowledge that "The Biden Admin" INHERITED this problem. Biden hasn't been in office long enough to have contributed anything to this issue as President.

[@jeffallanday]

All presidents inherit issues passed on. But the fact is he completely screwed it all up. He left Americans stranded behind enemy lines and has said nothing about getting them out. He has no plan to help them. Biden won't even answer questions from the press about this.

[@indiana_bones5583]

Lol it’s trumps fault dummie.

[@wanderslostify]

When the post 911 Iraq and Afghanistan wars started, Biden was an enormously powerful senator and head of the Foreign Relations Committee. He was an enthusiastic supporter of both wars. When looking for the people most responsible in this mess, Biden is certainly in the top 20, perhaps top 10.

[@fyi1985]

@@jeffallanday once again, our troops are still there. They are still helping people out. No one has been abandoned yet.🙄

[@fyi1985]

@@wanderslostify EVERY Senator voted for the War on Terrorism that held the terrorist of 911 responsible. There was no individual vote for Afghanistan. Biden actually opposed the increase of troops by Obama. So Mitch, and all Democrat and Republican lifers voted in favor also if you want to get technical.

[@alexvaraderey]

John Bolton cites Trump and Biden as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, as though those are opposites. No, John. In Alice In Wonderland, they're both idiots. So, you're wrong to use that as a comparison, but also wrong factually, in that Biden may not be perfect, but there's no way in hell that he's as stupid as Trump. Few people are.

[@JoseCruz-rj9cp]

HEAR! HEAR!...

[@Koffling]

I understood it as a criticism of them both.

[@joshmitchell8370]

He meant it as they were basically the same. So you are wrong all the way up to the word idiots. After that you are on point.

[@alexvaraderey]

@@Koffling I've just rewatched it. You're correct. Although, Trump being a much bigger idiot than Biden still stands. :)

[@rideon6140]

Wait a minute, losing a war is supposed to be orderly, you know, like an issurection at the Capital

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Capitol*

[@squirrel_of_mistri8565]

"I don't think in all of the years our country has ever been so humiliated." -- Trump Are you sure about that?

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

"How dare he not come up with a solution to an unsolvable problem that we created" - Republicans who started it all to begin with

[@atomicknight63]

@Jay Bee Your point being?

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@Jay Bee And still none of them were commander in chief. You're not getting around this one, Poindexter.

[@susannegrabowski4685]

@Jay Bee Bush implemented the war. It didn't HAVE to be done.

[@susannegrabowski4685]

@Tak S 😆 dumbest comment award goes to you.

[@susannegrabowski4685]

@Jay Bee what ever dude. Again. Bush. didnt. HAVE. TO. And no one since wanted to be the one to pull the plug -except Biden. Get that thru your skull. Enough of the but, but but bullshit.

[@bblvrable]

The nice thing about getting criticized by Bolton and Pence is knowing that, if nothing else, you're not doing the *worst* thing possible.

[@friendoffrancis]

I've watched a lot of pundits talk about the exit from Afghanistan and have to say that Seth did a surprisingly good job at explaining it. Most left out the historical context entirely, or severely skewed the situation by using tiny sound bytes or clearly partisan guests. He also got at the hard and awful truth that the only reason we were there so long was because it was never politically expedient to leave.

[@dennisdobin8640]

Regardless of historical context,They[Biden] stuffed up the evacuation big time, You have some how deluded yourself it was not political expedient to leave,The reason they stayed there was it was financial expedient, WAR is a business,every heard the saying AMERICA is open for business,that why they stayed there.

[@friendoffrancis]

@@dennisdobin8640 dude I don't think you understood what I meant when I said it was never politically expedient to leave. The end was always going to be a mess because it was a war we couldn't win. I agree they stayed because it was financially expedient to stay. I also agree that the evacuation was a mess. They had a date already in place put in their by Trump last year. They knew this was coming, they had plenty of time, they should've gotten everyone out before they removed all the troops.

[@dennisdobin8640]

@@friendoffrancis Exactly

[@michaelrch]

I agree with all these comments. I think it would be nice if Seth also noted the role of Obama in prolonging and escalating the war. He did oversee it for 8 years, 5.5 of those after Bin Laden was killed...

[@darkenrahl5213]

@@friendoffrancis lol..couldn't win...because obama and clinton made the rules of engagement...we had to fight wearing pink tutu's

[@BenedictMHolland]

Why does anyone care what Bolton thinks.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

He had access to privileged info and discussions concerning these events at a time not so far in the past.

[@ewokwarrior2656]

Like Bolton, so did Bill Barr, Eric, but I don't care about what that liar has to say either.

[@naveenthemachine]

Seths Mike Lindell impression 😆🤣 5:27 Never gets old

[@danielgregory3295]

Never!!😃

[@bobjenko]

It's just any excuse to do the impression at this point... And I'm here for it.

[@danielgregory3295]

@@bobjenko probably been said before, but it's DA BOMB!!

[@naveenthemachine]

@@danielgregory3295 I wonder if Seth Meyer ever showed Bernie sanders his bernie impression. If so I want to see that video 😀

[@TheViolalove]

Seth does Lindell’s voice better than Lindell 🤣

[@jturtle5318]

Why didn't Trump start processing the translators and contractors when he made his deal with the Taliban?

[@theemissary1313]

I would guess their skin colour. maybe?

[@jturtle5318]

@@theemissary1313 well, it was a Stephen Miller deal, so, yeah.

[@HarlemSexyBlaqkat]

Olivia Troye stated Steven Miller blocked their efforts to get people Visas even Congress members were ignored. Nationalists are embedded in federal govt.

[@jturtle5318]

@@tomac100 that's not an excuse for abandoning the translators.

[@jturtle5318]

@@HarlemSexyBlaqkat exactly my point. They were prepared to just pull out the troops and walk away.

[@dugfriendly]

I loved when bolton was on w/ Jon Stewart back in the day. He kept refuting everything Jon said. So the next day, Jon rolled tapes and showed what an unrepentant liar bolton is.

[@cmoore6131]

So when Seth's brother called him out for being a pothead in high school, he meant Prince of Tides all along. Gee, TIL

[@리지-g1m]

You can look at Tencent selling the leaked information. There's a lot of information that the hackers suspect is not leaked, it was sold by insiders on purpose. It's also a bit like China playing games to get ID card login. Chinese schools need ID cards to register. A name requires an ID card, and a school bus also requires an ID card. And if you are studying, did not take the exam, some technical schools will call you, who leaked it? Never trust people, most people have seen your identity, your identity is no secret

[@jeremiahbachmann3901]

I think you are on the wrong page...both of you.

[@marygildea9359]

@@리지-g1m what drugs are you on?

[@chazblank2717]

Wait? Isn’t Seth’s brother famously low-budget Eric Foreman?

[@Fifthelement203]

I’m starting a petition today! Every episode of the show has to include at least 2 Mile Lindel impressions. We the people demand it!

[@christophertheriault3308]

Eh... it's starting to get a bit stale, bring back Vince Vaughn!

[@darkenrahl5213]

We the people demand you get back in bed..school night

[@lynnjacobs9885]

Thank you, Seth, for being one of the very few people in mainstream media with the smarts and stones to say the truth about the US occupation of Afghanistan.

[@Repdem]

Corporate Media is slamming Biden because Corporate Media is controlled by the same people who control the Military Industrial Complex.

[@zapkvr]

As long as Pence is criticising you, you know you're on the correct path.

[@BarbaraMatteau]

Very true! Trump almost had him killed yet still he persists!

[@AndyMalby]

Amen to: “If your position is that the only withdrawal that’s acceptable is a withdrawal that’s flawless, then you’re effectively endorsing staying there forever.” (And yeah, that’s what she said)

[@ulaby724]

So you're excusing the implosion of Afghanistan and leaving them with billions worth of advanced weapons?

[@mouse9727]

You should explain to Germany and Japan how US troops being in a country forever is a bad thing

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

@@mouse9727 They're at least competent strategic partners.

[@리주민]

@@mouse9727 Iirc, (West) Germany and Japan had stable govts, very very few terrorist attacks, and competent police, "Swat", militaries/SDF, and decent intelligence agencies.

[@lbtt1059]

@@ulaby724 the weapons did not belong to us they belonged to the afghan army.

[@jaredspencer3304]

Man, Seth's roasting of his staff is getting to a whole new level of funny.

[@sethie_shots]

Just _drilling_ the writers. 🥰💀

[@zapkvr]

His idiot card reading is mind numbingly boring. Even the atheist jew Maher is better

[@JT-xj1pg]

@@zapkvr bruh don't hate

[@Ric_Vicious]

It's almost the only schtick though, behind his "impersonations"... soooo.... Edit: Not saying he's not funny, or true. Just saying that he, and his writers, need to stick to their guns. T

[@doctorthirteen5727]

@@zapkvr "Atheist Jew"🤣 Derp.

[@maggiesays7827]

I think Seth just confessed that he was the reason Blockbuster went out of business.

[@thefriendlygamer2221]

Nah millennials

[@maggiesays7827]

I apologize. It's been a long day and I missed your laughy face.

[@AndyNorrisForReals]

Finally, after four years of hearing "America first," we have an America First President.

[@jeffallanday]

Really? You do realize Biden doesn't even care about the Americans stranded in Afghanistan? You do realize that this is a horrible catastrophic decision he hastily made? You might not see it that way but the world definitely sees this as a huge failure on the Biden Administration.

[@AndyNorrisForReals]

@@jeffallanday No, the "world" does not see it that way. YOUR world sees it that way. There were things that should have been done differently in the execution, but getting out of there was the right thing to do.

[@jeffallanday]

@@AndyNorrisForReals No one is arguing that getting out of Afghanistan but President Biden left people stranded. When George Stephanopoulos asked Biden about the images of people grabbing onto planes and falling to their death he didn't even seem affected and just said "Cmon man that was 5 days ago". How out of touch do you need to be.

[@hannahdyson7129]

No. The right thing to do was not to go in there You have made things much worse.

[@AndyNorrisForReals]

@Tak S You are delusional if you think your opinions wouldn't have been 180º different had this happened 12 months ago. Admit it. By the way, can you not afford a keyboard with punctuation?

[@howardkerr8174]

Pence and Bolton criticizing Biden for the outcome in Afghanistan is like a home builder criticizing a painter for the incredibly slip-shod condition of the construction of a 20 year old house. Biden merely put the finishing touches on a project these 2 all but laid the foundation of.

[@Annie-zd6rn]

Trump, Pompeo and Pence purposely left this to put on Biden.

[@neilenglish8582]

Except that BIDEN hadv8 years before TRUMP to fix this....you can't just PICK & CHOOSE...WHOS TO BLAME...WHEN THEY ALL ARE...no one hands are clean

[@adamjohns7963]

THats like blaming Pence for Bidens inability to pronounce words off the teleprompter c'mon man

[@mrvlsmrv]

@@adamjohns7963 i blame Pence for wasting space and oxygen.

[@freddyjimjim5602]

Biden could have razed the house and built it his way. Instead, he knows it's shoddy, paints over it anyway and sells it to his mother.

[@mrossainz]

Every time Bolton is interviewed about war, they should disclosed he was a war dodger (and proud of it)...

[@solkev6084]

Joe Biden is a failure and that is obvious now. Thank god we voted for him. Black president coming in 3,2,1!

[@tracyroberts1562]

They may as well be talking to Michael Bolton, the musician for everything they're going to get out of this guy. Which is nothing.

[@theemissary1313]

"Here to comment on a conflict, is conscription dodger john bolton..." that kind of thing?

[@balduccic]

SETH- you're the only one still promoting a charity! THANK YOU!

[@fionaclaphamhoward5876]

And selflessly promoting the other shows also nominated for an Emmy in the same category as Corrections lol

[@janicecarlson6775]

Biden had the balls to end it. The other three presidents didn’t even try.

[@naomiprice3702]

Exactly

[@lynxminx4]

Probably true, but technically Trump brokered the deal to end it. That qualifies as 'trying'.

[@johnbrowne3950]

And yet he screwed that up as well.

[@michelekett8450]

Obama tried but was denied any support by the Republicans fir whom a war is good for their bank accounts.

[@tarielkaroldan4106]

Obama's last three years as President were spent on the war in Syria and Iraq against Daesh, because the American troops had initially started withdrawal, Trump brokered a deal that he knew was basically a full win for the Taliban, in his last year, hoping that the next President would have to pick up the pieces. My guess is, had he won, he would've reneged on his word and delayed, postponed or cancelled the withdrawal

[@tyrellanderson4722]

There's something already horribly wrong with "...deal with the Taliban."

[@roberttaylor9563]

I am weighing in to elaborate on your statement Tyrell, i got this from Bloomberg financial news,the president of Turkey and the president of Russia are teaming up to coordinate with (the Taliban), it seems to me that this don't look good especially since taxpayers money in the form of artillery and weaponry are in their hands now..

[@roberttaylor9563]

@@vapx0075 here's a question, Was anything that was left behind paid for by the American taxpayers or not, Yes or no.

[@emmdeecastro553]

Thank you President Biden many millions of Americans stand with you and your administration on this difficult, courageous and thankless task of a wretched Afghan pull-out that should have been set in motion years ago. We’re hopeful that all Americans who want to come home will be home in the days following

[@darkenrahl5213]

More koolade?.. Biden and all dem leaders have $100 million plus in personal accounts Obama.. Clinton's.. shumers..pelosi,dem politics are just a racket to take foolish dems money

[@darkenrahl5213]

You Americans happy to give the talibab 85 billion in weaponry?..Biden army friends can make money replacing gear..or a good reason to go back to war..makes it a more fair fight..equivalency?..like hamas and Isreal ?

[@darkenrahl5213]

In years from now..when you mature..you will feel as stupid as you are..grow up child

[@jackyzimmerman]

@@darkenrahl5213 Growing up means recognising an unworkable crisis and standing by those with the unpleasant task of mopping it up. Childish people point fingers to prove an ideological point.

[@Dayman90]

Republicans: “We need to help these Afghan citizens!” Everyone else: “Agreed. We should offer them safe haven here.” Republicans: “Not like that!”

[@hannahdyson7129]

Their sacrifice isn't in vain We know the US army isn't to be trusted ..freind or foe

[@LearnAboutFlow]

I just love how all the GOP pundits are raving about how great the Taliban is.

[@dietotaku]

looks like you accidentally a verb in that first sentence there.

[@jaquanpowell4605]

Save ? Or maybe Destroy?

[@artsveiman7776]

@@hannahdyson7129 The US army is a dog on a leash. Politicians hold that leash while lobbyists for weapons manufacturers hold THEIR leash.

[@protiliusproductions]

Trump on Afghanistan “there’s never been anything like what we have here.” Also Trump…. “The Kurds are on their own. I’m giving Syria to Russia.” (Genocide begins.)

[@Ganiscol]

I would like to add that "what we have here" is the direct result of trump surrendering Afghanistan unconditionally to the taliban: Not one soldier stays, no bases to stage anti-terrorist missions from, we pack up and leave forever - and here, have 5000 prisoners back! Have a nice regime... We (not the Radical Racist Right) can criticize the Biden administration for botching the evacuation if the Afghans we owe. The other side cant, because they already made it clear they dont want them here, but rather see them die there. Its all fake outrage.

[@리지-g1m]

You can look at Tencent selling the leaked information. There's a lot of information that the hackers suspect is not leaked, it was sold by insiders on purpose. It's also a bit like China playing games to get ID card login. Chinese schools need ID cards to register. A name requires an ID card, and a school bus also requires an ID card. And if you are studying, did not take the exam, some technical schools will call you, who leaked it? Never trust people, most people have seen your identity, your identity is no secret

[@stylis666]

@@amell.5461 _"Let's hope that those time are over and that rich countries will stop destroying other countries for their natural ressources."_ Like in the 90's we hoped racism and homophobia was over. Not in our lifetime and the saddest part about it is that people are so sick and tired of the bullshit they just started ignoring it and completely forgot it happened exactly like you described. In the meantime something did change though: governments are now open about just paying terrorists. Governments openly advice to pay ransom. They negotiate and make terrible deals with terrorists and get nothing in return. For the coming 2 decades at least, being a terrorist is a lucrative business and millions of people will die because of it.

[@karstenstormiversen4837]

@@amell.5461 It started already in 1953 in Iran when the us planned an executed an coup on an lawfully elected president and put in an puppy by the name the Shaen of Iran. All that for the oil. And after the revelution against the us puppy and lost the acsess to the oil,they made Iran enemy number 2 after the Sovietunion.

[@karstenstormiversen4837]

@Harold Burrows wich one you mean?The one you forced on them or the one who was forced against you!

[@bitbugsbyte]

I love Seth's my pillow guy impression! "Da Beards" LOL that joke gets funnier every time!

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

"Facts don't care about your feelings," says the crowd who are desperately trying to erase and change facts because their feelings disagree with reality.

[@jeffreyrobinson2310]

We have been there so long we have soldiers retiring serving their whole career in Afghanistan

[@jeffreyrobinson2310]

Its like blaming Ford for the fall of Saigon

[@John_Demarco]

10:11 "I don't think in all of the years our country has ever been so youmiliated." - Donald Trump

[@Tuturial464]

Wow, we the people are a bunch of hypocrites

[@leahv5892]

I agree with Biden. If it couldn’t get done in 5 years, 10 years or 20 years, it’s not going to get done. Afghanistan became a 20 year money pit.

[@marvinmartion1178]

I had a conversation with a officer who was back from Afghanistan on leave. He told me that the day we leave it will go right back to what we found when we first arrived!

[@nimrodery]

LOL "became." OBL wan't even there in the first place, and the invasion was planned years before by a conservative think tank (PNAC). You went to war because that's what America does.

[@neilenglish8582]

Agreed...we spent way to much time, money, MEN there...the issue isn't leaving...its how you leave

[@cameroncrazie818]

Would you say the same thing if a Republican were in office?

[@neilenglish8582]

Cameroncrazy....I'm a republican myself...or a libertarian...anyway....my issue isn't leaving...its how....1st thing 1st..we should leave in winter...not summer...but, they pick NOW, leaving 10k in Americans & 80k in Allies behind...to fend for themselves....that's a failure...that the whole world sees..that HISTORY via social media won't forget

[@dylanadams8409]

I need a segment of all the Mike Lindell impressions combined on one video! They are my favorite! Too funny

[@derko5]

Correction: "What About Bob" wouldn't have a late fee of $71,000 US. It would be 633,112.26 Norwegian Kroner. Oslo is in Norway. You're welcome.

[@lukenosewalkerbruno]

JACKAL!!😏😁

[@old_grey_cat]

Could be borrowed in US and global system knows...

[@schlend4]

Two great segments on this. I'm proud of the show

[@shawnthegreat4281]

“There is never a good time to pull out” my mind went somewhere else on that quote 😂😂

[@gfscfinance8866]

Dirty mind in the gutters! Lol

[@ewokwarrior2656]

That's what he said!, she said between contractions!

[@gregwalker1913]

Nice how Seth slipped in a Richard Dreyfuss impression at the end. The $30,000 at impression camp was totally worth it.

[@avedic]

I know that late night TV, or daily TV of ANY kind, is super stressful hard work. But.....Late Night with Seth Meyers seems like a pretty awesome place to work. And from some things I've heard, it is. Seth apparently goes above and beyond to support his staff and provide a positive affirming place to work. That isn't common enough....and it's one of many things I really respect about Seth. His priorities are in the right place.

[@dogma352]

Damn it, I love no-audience Seth more than I ever thought possible.

[@tskmaster3837]

Karl Rove: "Would have been better to have stayed." Was the unspoken "indefinitely" implied or outright ignored?

[@dietotaku]

implied. dudes like karl rove & john bolton would have pissed their pants with glee if we just stayed in afghanistan indefinitely, dumping billions and trillions of dollars into the military industrial complex only to help their stock portfolios.

[@GtG-jg9qk]

Nice.

[@s.z.6200]

Neocons make good $$$$$$ on forever wars, they never had a plan to leave when they started.

[@tamzinbrown9384]

@@dietotaku BINGO!!

[@NoHandle44]

Seth is the second person I've seen to criticize the media for giving attention to these nutjobs.

[@xy6845]

Says a lot actually. They should be criticized non-stop. Why are they giving Bolton, Rove and Pence air time over this? It's not like there aren't ppl out there who opposed the war for 20+ years and were dead right about it. Like Bernie.

[@NoHandle44]

@@xy6845 did you mean "shouldn't be criticized nonstop"?

[@xy6845]

@@NoHandle44 No. Why would I? I meant what I said. They should be criticized.

[@zarahbystrom3032]

Seth is the only one who focuses on the issues and not just dems vs reps. Stay just Seth!!!!

[@Giondi]

A "What About Bob?" reference in 2021. This is why we love you, Seth.

[@grizzlyadams1021]

Multiple “What About Bob” references, my heart is full

[@ryanclark6402]

Missed a trick, though, I think. I’m sure one of his team could come up with a legit funny version of my first thought on seeing the poster. “Baby steps out of Afghanistan…” (“Death Therapy” might be too on the nose during the COVID wars…)

[@donnabarry7901]

Dump is the name..Bullshits his game..just like Hitler..he lies on lies..

[@erichabich7009]

As one of the eight Mets fans in a bad mood, I salute your pandering, never change (except to add some talking cockroach sass when you talk about them)!

[@blackbear92201]

The bit about Biden as the salty (but thank God-level useful) grandpa at the pool party was freakin' hilarious! Pls include on all future Boxed Sets :D

[@lanafelix8649]

Mike pence still wrong as usual

[@soundshaper]

G.W. Bush, he's the guy who started it all. Turns out all we needed was Seal Team Six.

[@bizzmoneyb]

we spent 20 years there training Afghan soldiers and giving them weapons.. and when the Taliban came, they put their weapons down and put up no resistance. so this was never going to go smoothly. i just don’t see why they didn’t get our people out before withdrawing?

[@fyi1985]

At this moment more people are being shuttled out. No one has been abandoned because the process is still going. Not to mention for the last 6 months the US has told everyone they were leaving. They were warned. Thousands could have left, Americans and Visa Holders. It's like you hear the Hurricanes coming but you wait till it hits and wonder why you can't be helped. So now you put first responders in danger to save your ass. The process is still ongoing. So quit saying 'they abandoned them'. As long as our "first responders" are there, then it isn't over.

[@SS-kg3tx]

Biden never imagined that not 1 single Afghan soldier would as much as pick up a rifle to protect their country.

[@sherryk9045]

@@SS-kg3tx Protect from whom? The Taliban? You do know Taliban are Afghans too, don't you?

[@JoeO.]

Bolton’s moustache hasn’t aged a bit. Pretty sure the ‘stache is using a Jedi mind trick on him. Bolton would have testified at the impeachment but that thing just wouldn’t allow it (it sided with the comb over-in-chief).

[@davek7706]

Good old General Snowball!

[@markmac2206]

it looks like DAAAA BROOM!

[@kuzzbillington6392]

I have a theory that his 'stache is an alien brain control parasite

[@Joshudan64]

As someone who works in a govt-adjacent company, thinking the government can avoid red tape or won't wait until the last minute to do anything is the most hilarious statement in this whole Closer Look.

[@juliawolson6122]

All these translators and ngos should have been in the US already…if it hadn’t been for the #Fail45 and his lackey Stephen Miller. That guy literally stopped the process of trying to bring them here. As far as all the bureaucratic red tape…anyone that has ever had to deal with immigration understands the frustration! 😔☹️

[@nancyfisher3887]

No one wants to rip off the band-aide. There wasn't ever going to be a winner. War, what is it good for? Right...MONEY! and everyone knows it.

[@cindylewis3325]

Agreed!

[@derkaturka]

The genuine laughing in the background is AWESOME!!!!!!

[@ClevyTR6]

Karl Rove, " We should be water-boarding everyone and other tortures too."

[@rogerfaint499]

Bruce Lee: be like water . . .. Karl Rove: should water(board) everyone . . .

[@macrumpton]

I would be fine if they waterboarded all the idiots who said the war would be over in 3 months. The worst part is these guys all lived through Vietnam, so they actually knew better.

[@KingBobXVI]

I say we waterboard Karl Rove, but instead of pulling him up at the last second we just, you know, don't.

[@kirkulese]

Any time I see Karl Rove, I think of Ham Rove from the Colbert Report.

[@paulmcconnell7405]

@@KingBobXVI good idea, but may not work. I’m not convinced he’s human.

[@auntiepha8343]

Daily Reminder: Trump called Covid 19 a Democrat hoax that would "miraculously" disappear.

[@tonyf.3975]

I told my vaccine nurse 3 hours ago I knew it was going to be bad as soon as Trump said there's only 15 cases and it's "under control".

[@KingPaimon666]

And then catches it!

[@Brongersmai]

Where are the captions?? 😭 They’re the main reason I watch Seth Meyers

[@robinwolf7809]

The only mistake made was Bush's decision to put our country there in the first place!

[@toastedjoe1013]

He went there to get Bin Laden, but couldn't even do that.

[@rmanjaree]

No, it goes beyond that to when Taliban was trained and funded by the U.S during the Cold war.

[@HighWarlordJC]

@@toastedjoe1013 Bin Laden who was just sitting at home watching movies.

[@DreamPath323]

If only we had a very expensive organization famous for logistics.

[@tommyt1971]

No, we were more humiliated after The Donald became “president”.

[@donschaus1951]

@Jay Bee And U.S. weapons/aircraft etc…

[@eyeblab]

@Jay Bee You should've had a lot of adult children so they could have been sent there.

[@eyeblab]

@Marie Smith perfect response.

[@ed-gw3ov]

@@donschaus1951 Trump said he took BILLIONS of dollars of military hardware out. Did Trump lie again?

[@indian3056]

And now Biden is . The chakr he has created and the US credibility has fallen to zero. In front our eyes.

[@clberka]

God, the end of this monologue was so true... The exit plan, or lack thereof, was a complete mess, but it wouldn't have been clean regardless of who did it, or when. Americans don't understand that not not all countries want to be, or can be, democracies. Despite all this, I'm so heartbroken for all of the women of Afghanistan.

[@cameroncrazie818]

Seth is only saying that because a Democrat is in office. Seth is a sycophant of Biden and the Democratic Party. If a Republican were in office he’d be livid. Heck, he’s deflecting from Biden’s horrendous deep tissue massage..err...interview conducted by a former Democratic staffer and taking his frustrations out on right-wing folks who have the audacity to criticize dear leader.

[@dominiquebrasseur2898]

@@cameroncrazie818 You do not seem to know much about how Seth Meyers and his team operate. They will discuss, make fun and adress any absurdities coming from whichever side of the political spectrum. So the Seth Meyers's show was never about being "livid". Nor their style at all. As for your absurd assumption that "he's deflecting from Biden's horrendous...etc", it is insane. Contrary to trump, Biden can take criticism and has never pretended to be anyone's "dear leader". Or to be annointed by God, as trump pretended. Your values seem to be all over the place, regarding what is real.

[@cameroncrazie818]

@@dominiquebrasseur2898 Then where is the clip of Seth unloading on Biden’s lies and pathetic answers last night? Or the softball interview given by a former Democratic staffer? If Karl Rove, a former Republican staffer, did a softball interview with a Republican President Seth would call it out, and rightfully so.

[@srkh8966]

@@cameroncrazie818 not his job

[@cameroncrazie818]

@@srkh8966 But yet when his guy isn’t in office, he’s all of a sudden a tough guy who calls out every single lie and those who are on the same “team” as the President for asking softball questions? And by the way, he was absolutely right doing it when Humpty Dumpty was telling 30K lies. I just want some consistency. We already have an unprecedented volume of sycophants for this administration among the media, celebrities, and late night hosts. One less sycophant isn’t going to end the world.

[@democratpatriot6752]

In his interview, Trump sounds as if he described his four years in office.

[@keston1974]

Exactly 💯 lmao 🤣

[@weemeemoo]

He's always projecting

[@Ganiscol]

He always describes his failing and criminality when he yaps about others. There is no exception. Not one.

[@리지-g1m]

You can look at Tencent selling the leaked information. There's a lot of information that the hackers suspect is not leaked, it was sold by insiders on purpose. It's also a bit like China playing games to get ID card login. Chinese schools need ID cards to register. A name requires an ID card, and a school bus also requires an ID card. And if you are studying, did not take the exam, some technical schools will call you, who leaked it? Never trust people, most people have seen your identity, your identity is no secret

[@dndaudioediting4675]

@@리지-g1m go back to preschool kid and give Q his brain back 🤣🤣😬😬

[@MonikaGeller-z7d]

Loving your frequent use of 90s movies references. I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful!

[@knowbody44]

That Impressions Camp is paying off cuz Seth threw in a Richard Dreyfuss impression and didn't think anyone would notice

[@mgunny05]

Seth....I could say alot...mostly with "F-Bombs" to the idiots that ignore that they are responsible blah....blah...blah....but your jokes were spot on and my laughter overwhelmed the utter frustrations of our Congress and all that seem to not give a F- Bomb about our country.

[@hekcis]

I'm glad Seth is shining a light on an issue that is long overdue. Looking at you George..

[@KrakenIsland64]

Seth fitting 3 Mets cracks in 1 monologue is really beating a horse that died in 1987.

[@cmorris9494]

Isn't that the last time the Mets won anything. Nope that was 1986.

[@sailinbob11]

100 % on point. Trump, Never seen anything like it. I ducked Vietnam. How old were you when Clinton, Bill ,was President?

[@familymendoza9723]

@Heywood Jablome i though republican's would be happy America being prioritized by president? Isn't that the battlecry of the Republican idiots?

[@kuzzbillington6392]

@Heywood Jablome You know your welfare system in USA? The non-profit orgs? The hospitals that take care of the uninsured? The public schools? THAT'S SOCIALISM, but you idiots dont even realize that you have it already. It's a part of all capitalist societies in the world, and has nothing to do with Communism.

[@sailinbob11]

@Heywood Jablome lol... Bill or Hillary?

[@sailinbob11]

@Heywood Jablome While I find history interesting, I graduated with a history degree from a southern military college, and grew up during the Vietnam War, I fail to see what a doddering old man like Bill has to do with much,if anything, with current events. Yeah,he may have gotten a little the Oval Office, but if you check you'll find most did. One thing he did was balance our budget. There was even a surplus when he left. Republicans couldn't wait to burn through that. As for Vietnam, I believe you'll find he had a deferment. Quite different from his daddy paying off ,or threatening to sue everyone from the janitor to all the hookers Trump's daddy likely did. Old bone spurs is done. Bill has been out of office for 20 years, and was A 2 term President. Was he perfect? No... Did he screw our country up maybe beyond repair ? No... Go beat your dog,or whatever it is you do for fun. I've got a yacht to paint. Capt.Bob, SV ( Sailing Vessel) 27th Chance, Tampa Fl.

[@sailinbob11]

@Heywood Jablome Any excuse will do. Move along. Oh,are you invested in the Stock Market? How was Trump's economy helping you ?

[@lauramoore1262]

Thank you for bringing Bob into this! 💜

[@MotownFan1962]

I don't blame you for how much you love Prince of Tides. It's like buttah!

[@Lu_Woods]

A reminder, it was convict Paul Manafort that recommended pence for VP

[@todd-617]

Who's Pence?

[@KC2MFCs]

When Seth Myers is a more honest broker of the news than the actual news is, you know we have a problem.

[@christineherrmann205]

"From where I'm sitting, my audience is eight Mets fans in a bad mood..." As a NYer, this made me snort with laughter. Also, OF COURSE THEY'RE BACK UNDER 500. Of course.

[@debjoy12]

could be worse, the Orioles are 38-82 and have become the first AL team to have multiple 13 game losing streaks in a single season. nailed it!!

[@joshDammmit]

John Bolton, the guy Dubya fired cuz he was too nuts.

[@markmac2206]

whats on pence's chin? two nuts

[@tommyt1971]

It’s ok, Your Orange Highness, the UN crowd wasn’t laughing at you, they were laughing around you.

[@chazblank2717]

Never mind potential language barriers, who in Afghanistan actually has a printer?

[@creativedesignation7880]

Given that as of 2016 Afghanistan had a communication sector worth $2 billion with 5 million internet users (which, granted is far from a majority), that has only been growing since then, I'd say there are a couple of printers around. Also 1 out of 20 Afghani people speaks English.

[@angelakaizer5980]

🎉 Correction 🎉 When Seth is explaining how drugged Trump looked, he said he looked like he’d had a quantity of Sudafed. However Sudafed is Non-Drowsy, and a large dose would be speedy. Seth meant Benadryl, which makes you drowsy. Love you Seth! 🤩

[@melissaholley9448]

There is a famous pic of 45 with a drawer full of sudafed. Limited purchase for the average citizen bc it is a meth ingredient.

[@heavymetalbassist5]

Im allergic to both and benadryl is more of an upper than anything

[@sethie_shots]

Great catch. This should make it to Friday #correction

[@mariag.8242]

Yup, this is trump coming down

[@sethie_shots]

@@heavymetalbassist5 it affects people differently but its the same ingredients as nytol or other sleeping pills

[@Tristan-Raisch]

The crew cracking up in the background makes everything way funnier than it ever would have been with a live audience.

[@maire8481]

Republicans- It's BIden's fault! Democrats- "It was Trump!" George W Bush- "Hey y'all! Check out these dogs I painted!" Everyone- "Awwwww!"

[@zacharycollins9485]

"Go away! I'm reading Superfudge!" - W. Bush on Family Guy

[@cadethumann8605]

ME: You're both nutcases. Either kiss and make up or I'm going independent.

[@adamf663]

and we had to invade iraq -- saddam said mean things about daddy!