States mill he tri and our diplomats and military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. howie: howie: extraordinary success, that phrase brought the president plenty of criticism. the pentagon did good work in evacuating americans and afghan alleys. allilies. we haven t heard anybody say they did anything wrong. it was donald trump who signed the withdrawal agreement, also an attempt by pro biden pundits to conflate the decision to leave afghanistan with the awful execution that the whole world has witnessed. this broader debate is so important that it s our job to lift it above petty part sonship. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz.