MSNBC Guest Doesn’t Know Why We Went to Afghanistan – Need I Say More?

NewsBusters points out how deep non-knowledge of some of the guests at MSNBC can run:

How clueless can a guy who lives in Manhattan possibly be?

Discussing the Afghanistan war on Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch claimed “people weren’t clear why we were there in the first place.”

Uh, Donny . . .

Fortunately, the ever-affable Willie Geist was there to diplomatically offer Deutsch a brief history lesson.

WILLIE GEIST: Well, it was clear in the first months after 9-11.

Remember, Donny? That little piece of the Manhattan skyline puzzle that’s missing? The Taliban regime in Afghanistan that harbored al Qaeda members who plotted it? Hello?

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