Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

DoD took us out to a small town in western Afghanistan to see the Afghan "surge". A few dozen Commandos had moved into a small town - Parmakan - to protect the locals from the Taliban. These guys were bright and brave. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2019 Hibernated

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THREAD: I'm reading the Afghanistan Papers tonight. Important but unsurprising. The attached excerpt reminded me of a story from my 2011 trip there where I saw up close how hopeless our over-reliance on military power is in faraway foreign places. https://t.co/1VYeTRPiR4 — PolitiTweet.org

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The locals walk us through the town, and we notice it is blanketed by fields covered in beautiful flowers. It is, of course, poppy. Everywhere the eye can see. "Who do you sell it to?" we ask. "The Taliban," says a village leader. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2019 Hibernated