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Adam Smith: “It is, I am afraid to say, folly to think that a full U.S. troop withdrawal is somehow going to make us safer.”

On the recordNovember 19, 2020
It is, I am afraid to say, folly to think that a full U.S. troop withdrawal is somehow going to make us safer.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Warning against the belief that troop withdrawal will enhance safety.

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