You can set your watch by a Tom Nichols hot take.
Today is no exception:
Biden owns the messy retreat – which will be case study in policy screwups for years to come – but who made the decision to pull out of Afghanistan?
We did. And whether it was a good or bad idea, that's on us.
My latest in @TheAtlantic:https://t.co/xu6mOPe06A— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 16, 2021
It’s on us. It’s our fault.
No, he literally says it’s our fault:
I wish I could tell you this was fake. pic.twitter.com/KG4V1Kio46
— Noam "MF Blum" (@neontaster) August 16, 2021
This is not a drill.
I regret to announce that we've reached peak Tom Nichols. https://t.co/4a5aVV62Nr
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 16, 2021
Man who is the King of the Experts would like you to know that it isn’t his friends and colleagues who got it wrong for 20 years who are responsible, but you, gentle reader.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 16, 2021
We’ve let Tom down once again.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 16, 2021
We were foolish to think we could ever be smarter than Tom Nichols. Or that anyone could ever be smarter than Tom Nichols.
We have once again disappointed Tom Nichols pic.twitter.com/4jbAD8mEnI
— Cranky Federalist, LL.D, D.Litt, STM (@CrankyFed) August 16, 2021
sorry my bad pic.twitter.com/EFhOOO3ZmX
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) August 16, 2021
Our bad!
https://twitter.com/CheeseForEvery1/status/1427285334455369729
It’s just not fair to keep putting Tom Nichols in this position of having to defend himself for being terrible.
Tom has an astounding lack of mirrors in his house. It’s actually incredible how easily he views himself as above all of it. https://t.co/CfRimsVHOz
— Jon 🔬 (@JonnyMicro) August 16, 2021
“I am simultaneously a well connected expert and also have no responsibility for anything myself” is a fantastic gig
— Jon 🔬 (@JonnyMicro) August 16, 2021
It’s a helluva flex, that’s for sure.
When the experts and the guy you voted for shit the bed once again there is only one way to respond. pic.twitter.com/gVGhRswCfi
— Chief Impact Officer BT (@back_ttys) August 16, 2021
And you can count on Tom Nichols to respond like this.
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