Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

4/ Every time I visited Afghanistan, a new smart general would explain to me why the previous general screwed up and how his new plan (derived from maybe 30 days of on-the-ground learning) would get things on the right track. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 10, 2022

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3/ From the start, we didn't understand Afghanistan, a country wildly different from and more complicated than Iraq. And our structure of rotating generals and soldiers in and out 12 months at a time meant that we were destined to never learn Afghanistan. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 10, 2022

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5/ The "can do" spirit of our military is its greatest strength and liability. In Afghanistan, the military's failed to understand that a paper thin understanding of Afghan culture and society was destined to lead to planning failure. But, admirably, they couldn't accept failure. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 10, 2022