Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I greatly respect General Patraeus, but there is real danger is allowing the magical thinking of "if we had spent more money or stayed longer everything would have been fine" to persist. 1/ A few thoughts on why "more" wouldn't have fixed Afghanistan. https://t.co/oEipKiAn71 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 10, 2022

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Turns out that high gas prices - not exactly controllable by the White House - has a lot to do with inflation. When gas prices come down, so does inflation. Not super complicated. — PolitiTweet.org

Holy cow: There was ZERO inflation last month. That's the headline number, which is well below expectations of +0.2… https://t.co/c8B8za7bGF

Posted Aug. 10, 2022

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2/ Patraeus says the problem was a) we refused to stay longer; b) we spent too little $ and on the wrong stuff; and c) we didn't understand Afghanistan. What he fails to realize is that (a) and (b) don't matter if (c) is true. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 10, 2022