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R.P. Eddy
@RPEddy
CEO of Ergo: Global Intelligence, Strategy. Bestselling author. NSC Director, Senior Diplomat "100 most esteemed National Security Experts." Speaker, podcaster
Aug 27, 2021 • 28 tweets • 12 min read
Initial thoughts on the catastrophe unraveling in #Afghanistan

1 - This flashbulb moment - this catastrophic withdrawal suddenly reminds us of the *people* stuck under Taliban rule. People we have largely ignored since we all put down The Kite Runner. 2 - US strategies and tactics are now all, rightly, being questioned. Why? Because the brutal imagery of the withdrawal and the murder of 15 reminds us of the humans subject to the caprice of the meandering grand proclamations from Presidents and Mullahs.