Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Of course, this won't change the anguished realities in Kabul. But Biden should deliver in the next few days a prime-time Oval Office Address explaining to the nation what happened in Afghanistan and what lessons have been learned. This is about US democracy and not US politics. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 15, 2021

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

This was written four days ago. Even in my pessimism, I couldn’t have imagined that the fall of Kabul would occur in less than 100 hours. It is so so sad that all America offered at the end were tears. — PolitiTweet.org

In recent days, the headlines on Afghanistan have brought ominous echoes of the sudden 1975 collapse of South Vietn… https://t.co/sWIsFNNoYZ

Posted Aug. 15, 2021

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

From my @newrepublic piece on Biden's B+ speech: "What was missing from Biden’s speech was an honest explanation of the colossal intelligence failure that left the White House reeling from the speed of the Taliban’s triumph." https://t.co/JZoXW7FEkN — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 17, 2021