Are we the baddies? NBC chief overseas correspondent tweets amazement to search out US overseas coverage not at all times nice

Listening to that the People “have grow to be the unhealthy guys” on the world stage was a “intestine punch” to NBC Information reporter Richard Engel, however Twitter shortly set the astonished journalist straight with some historical past and information.

Engel, NBC’s chief overseas correspondent, was knowledgeable of this surprising information by way of varied “sources” who complained to him concerning the Trump administration’s latest betrayal of the Kurds in northern Syria and the alleged “misogynistic” firing of the US ambassador to Ukraine.

Such politically motivated actions “makes individuals suppose, we, People, have grow to be the unhealthy guys,” a surprised Engel wrote on Twitter, lamenting the great outdated days earlier than Donald Trump, when American overseas coverage selections have been apparently at all times carried out with noble intentions and with out ulterior motives (Iraq, anybody?).

The extra I discuss discuss to sources, the extra i’m listening to America’s betrayal of the Kurds, and the humiliation, “misogynistic” “squashing” of US ambassador in Ukraine for political motivations makes individuals suppose, we, People, have grow to be the “unhealthy guys.” Listening to it was intestine punch.

— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) November 17, 2019

Whereas Engel’s private enlightenment might have been a lightbulb second for him, Twitter wasn’t precisely surprised to find that American overseas coverage will be unhealthy and even (*gasp!*) executed with egocentric intentions.

“Apparently figuring out primary historical past of US overseas coverage just isn’t a prerequisite for the job” of chief overseas correspondent at NBC information, one particular person mused.

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Certainly, the tweet was seen by many as affirmation that American journalists, slightly than sustaining an goal eye in terms of overseas coverage, function below the gospel-like assumption that the US is at all times the “good man.”

Laughable Richard. Have your 'sources' ever heard of #Vietnam, #Iraq, #Gitmo, #Libya, #Afghan, proxy conflict on #Syria, #Yugoslavia, Iran '53, #Allende in '73, the 70 yr embargo on #Cuba, #Laos, #Korea, #Hiroshima et al…?

— Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) November 18, 2019

One tweeter stated Engel’s tweet betrayed the “depth of a perception in American Exceptionalism” which holds that the US is “innately thought of purely the ‘good guys’ all through historical past.”

“That is the mental equal of somebody telling an Eight-year-old that Father Christmas is not actual,” one other wrote.

Extra individuals puzzled “when have you ever ever been the ‘good guys’ within the Center East?”

Think about being so indoctrinated into the thought of American exceptionalism that listening to, apparently for the primary time, that People will be unhealthy guys is a revelation. This man is a overseas correspondent! https://t.co/NORp8u3gql

— ishmael (@iD4RO) November 17, 2019

Journalist Lee Stranahan had maybe one of the vital blunt responses, nevertheless: “The world thinks we’re hypocrites and liars due to our hypocrtical (sic), mendacity forging coverage run by your buddies on the CIA and State, Dick,” he wrote, including: “You understand that.”

Engel was not completely outnumbered, although. Some agreed that the large information was “very heartbreaking,” in addition to “humiliating, shameful and terrifying.” One other was nonetheless simply upset by the truth that dastardly Trump had succeeded Barack Obama, a “close to good American.”

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