Max Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

(1) ISIS was able to sweep Iraq in large part bc the state and army were too weak to stop them. The Taliban has proven over 20 years of war it does not have this problem. You know who does? The US-backed Afghan state and Afghan Natl Army. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2021 Deleted after a month

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The now-prevailing warhawk argument against leaving Afghanistan is that it will allow ISIS to rush in, "just like in Iraq." This strikes me as misguided for three big reasons: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2021

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(2) Groups like ISIS thrive and rise amid the power vacuums of civil war, e.g. in Syria. Which is exactly what 20 years of American presence in Afghanistan has helped to perpetuate. Leaving isn't how you allow ISIS to sweep – staying is. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2021 Deleted after a month