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political scientist, author, teach at columbia sipa, columnist at time, president @eurasiagroup, @gzeromedia. if you lived here, you'd be home now.

Aug 18, 2021, 6 tweets

In a @WSJ op-ed, @LTGHRMcMaster and @Brad_L_Bowman argue that maintaining US military, financial, and political support in Afghanistan could have staved off a Taliban takeover.

Let's get out #TheRedPen with @gzeromedia.

Read the original article here -> wsj.com/articles/afgha…

@WSJ @LTGHRMcMaster @Brad_L_Bowman @gzeromedia .@EurasiaGroup's @charlesdunst and I break down why staying in Afghanistan is not a reasonable option.

On the American presence in Afghanistan…
#TheRedPen

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On the Taliban not being concerned with their global reputation…
#TheRedPen

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On the Taliban coming up with a military solution…
#TheRedPen

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On emboldening adversaries…
#TheRedPen

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On beginning the “work” needed to mitigate a humanitarian and security catastrophe…
#TheRedPen

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