Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

@joshrogin I don’t believe in doing nothing, but I also believe that had we shown restraint in the early years of the civil war a whole lot more Syrians would be alive. My point is to be careful about saying that people who preach restraint in the face of evil are immoral. — PolitiTweet.org

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Saying “do nothing” is different than saying “don’t take inchoherent, foolhardy action, just to to check the America-is-moral box, if the action is going to actually make things worse”. Sometimes action is necessary. But there is no controlling restraint = immorality equation. — PolitiTweet.org

Some people look at mass atrocities and say there’s nothing we can or should do. Shame on those people. https://t.co/ONI68a1C6q

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@joshrogin I also think we do a lot of “America is moral because we did something” box checking. Lightly arming a handful of Syrian rebels was “something” but it made things worse. Sanctions often fall into this category too. Often they are feckless and just end up hurting non-combatants. — PolitiTweet.org

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