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On the recordSeptember 13, 2021
I think what links our failures in Iraq and Afghanistan is that they are both fundamentally failures of hubris.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy discusses the failures in Iraq and Afghanistan as a result of overestimating U.S. influence.

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