Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

The Afghanistan papers paint a bleak picture of a drug policy there that never had a coherent direction. But the problem wasn't a bad plan. The problem is that 21 year old Commandos can't execute the nuanced work of transitioning an entire country off their primary cash crop. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2019 Hibernated

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So the U.S. is in Parmakan, protecting the fields that supply the Taliban with the money to fight the U.S., and victory is defined by slightly trimming the profits of the trade? "That's f'd up" I say to one of our soldiers. "That's Afghanistan," he says back. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ultimately, the only way to succeed in a place like Afghanistan is (a) not bite off more than you can chew; keep your goals limited; and (b) give political tasks to diplomats, not soldiers. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2019 Hibernated