Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 18 Aug 2021 20:04)
The "they chant death to America, but seem friendly" storyline is fabricated by leaving out crucial context. It's a nothingburger hyped up by the right-wing outrage machine:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/16/ted-cruz-ugly-attacks-cnns-clarissa-ward/Here's the full-length clip from which this quote originates:
https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/1427231696878018564The reporter goes into great detail about the ambivalence and contradictory nature of the situation in Kabul during the Taliban takeover. In this context, she says "they chant 'death to america', but seem friendly. it's utterly bizarre". So no, she does not consider the Taliban to be friendly fellows, she explicitly notes how contradictory the friendly manners of the Taliban during the select encounters she had that day are when contrasted with these guys' ideology and political agenda.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Aug 18 2021 12:19pm