James Hohmann

James Hohmann @jameshohmann

RT @MaxBoot: The callous nature of the pullout was gratuitous. The US could have evacuated tens of thousands of interpreters and other loca… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Sophia_MJones: I have never felt so helpless, so ashamed. My phone is full of messages from Afghans - friends, colleagues, sources, kin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MaxBoot: .⁦@jameshohmann⁩: The fall of Kabul doesn’t necessarily discredit nation building; if anything, it underscores the importance… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hope is not a strategy, as every commander knows. In this case, it was. Too often, the generals brought the media along. It wasn’t a big lie so much as a series of little bubbles of false optimism. https://t.co/jc5IQSAWxG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrWalterShapiro: A powerful column by @jameshohmann that looks closely at Biden’s support for nation-building over the years. My only… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PostOpinions: History will judge Biden harshly. Biden himself said so, @jameshohmann writes https://t.co/J4j5TYE2sy — PolitiTweet.org

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My column for tomorrow’s newspaper: History will judge Biden harshly. Biden himself said so. https://t.co/JkaVBLwZYr — PolitiTweet.org

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Around the world in 50 minutes… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JonahDispatch Sadly that’s most days at LAX. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reading Afghanistan clips in Nexis and this Jack Kemp op-ed from February 2002 didn't age well: "Help Afghanistan design a pro-growth tax system, as President Vladimir Putin did in Russia, with rates no greater than 10 percent." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DrLeanaWen: It was a delight to join @jameshohmann @postopinions in this special episode of his "Please, Go On" podcast to answer your… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JulieDepenbrock: "I would definitely advise that when we talk to our friends who may have misconceptions or may even be spreading misin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PostOpinions: In a bonus episode of the "Please, Go On" podcast adapted from a Twitter Spaces event, @DrLeanaWen answers questions abou… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PostOpinions: Your questions about the delta variant answered, @JamesHohmann talks with Dr. Leana Wen https://t.co/jjqGDJdrU2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@justjeshb @brianstelter Uh, this is definitely not the dawn of peace. We don’t need time to tell. https://t.co/fHJkH40m5K — PolitiTweet.org

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This executive has promised to tone down the way he criticizes subordinates as he was recently promoted to be the company’s chief design officer. But the head of Twitter HR is quoted in the Times piece saying employee dissatisfaction is sometimes the cost of shaking things up. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is one approach to management. https://t.co/nQ5yExmuJ5 — PolitiTweet.org

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A senior administration official on Monday said the photos the White House tweeted over the weekend — showing Biden sitting alone at Camp David — were, in retrospect, not helpful. But the same official said Biden’s speech Monday felt like a “reset.” https://t.co/GJMcFMQNsv — PolitiTweet.org

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The National Security Council held an Aug. 6 tabletop exercise, organized by the Pentagon, that looked at “significantly negative case scenarios,” including “a noncombatant evacuation operation” of the sort now being carried out, per a Sr. Admin Official. https://t.co/GJMcFMQNsv — PolitiTweet.org

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Jen Psaki planned to spend this week away from DC with her family, but after spending the weekend working remotely — including helping to try to get US journalists out of Afghanistan — she returned to the White House on Monday to help manage the situation. https://t.co/GJMcFMQNsv — PolitiTweet.org

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Afghans in Kabul are now drowning in a sea of chaos, fear and betrayal. From a heartbreaking op-ed in today’s paper: “I managed to flee Kabul on Friday but many others, such as my sister and my parents, have not been so lucky.” https://t.co/RWdT9jNQQO — PolitiTweet.org

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Washington Post Editorial: While aggravating that the Afghan Army folded, Biden’s blame-shifting is especially unseemly given that some 66,000 Afghan fighters have given their lives in this war during the past 20 years, alongside 2,448 US service members. https://t.co/2jNe5iX3hx — PolitiTweet.org

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Editorial: Contrary to cliches about “endless war,” US troops have not been in major ground operations and endured very modest casualties since 2014. Biden measures the dollar costs of staying in Afghanistan. Yet there will be costs, high ones, attached to the botched withdrawal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Washington Post Editorial: A small U.S. military presence — capable of working with Afghan forces to deny power to the Taliban and al-Qaeda — not only would have been affordable but also could have paid for itself in U.S. security and global credibility. https://t.co/2jNe5iX3hx — PolitiTweet.org

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Leon Panetta compares the fall of Kabul with the Bay of Pigs, the 1961 U.S. attempt to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro, which ended with hundreds of CIA-backed invaders killed or captured after President John F. Kennedy denied them air cover. https://t.co/2jNe5iX3hx — PolitiTweet.org

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Pentagon: US will have up to 3,500 troops on ground in Kabul by end of today. A C17 with members of the 82nd Airborne is about to land at Hamid Karzai Airport. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @laurensaks: WATCH LIVE: a Post Special Report as President Biden addresses the nation as the Taliban takes over Afghanistan. @Rho_Co an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PostKranish: Watch ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ live at 330 ET as President Biden addresses the nation on the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan. C… — PolitiTweet.org

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Join @washingtonpost @PostVideo for a Special Report on the fall of Afghanistan. We are going live at 3:30 p.m. Eastern and will carry President Biden's address to the nation. Streaming here: https://t.co/Pcrg3qtCll. — PolitiTweet.org

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In a 2009 conversation with Dick Holbrooke, Biden argued the US does not have an obligation to Afghans who trusted us. “We don’t have to worry about that,” Biden said. “We did it in Vietnam. Nixon and Kissinger got away with it.” Via ⁦@AnnieLinskey: https://t.co/rqN9lbJ6lA — PolitiTweet.org