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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 16

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Tom Nichols

      I'll just say that you can take this posture towards the voters, but it sits uncomfortably with having "Democracy enthusiast" in your Twitter profile.https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1427258342758617101 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Tom NicholsVerified account @RadioFreeTom
      Biden owns the messy retreat - which will be case study in policy screwups for years to come - but who made the decision to pull out of Afghanistan? We did. And whether it was a good or bad idea, that's on us. My latest in @TheAtlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/afghanistan-your-fault/619769/ …
      22 replies 22 retweets 188 likes
    2. George Conway‏ @gtconway3d Aug 16
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      That does not follow at all. You can believe that democracy is the best form of government (or, as Churchill put it, the worst except for all the others) and still recognize that it produces bad results from time to time.

      14 replies 11 retweets 283 likes
    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 16
      Replying to @gtconway3d

      My argument is with Tom's view that it is pointless even to take a position on what we should do in Afghanistan because the voters are incapable of making a good decision.

      4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    4. George Conway‏ @gtconway3d Aug 16
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      I didn't read his piece that way.

      4 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 16
      Replying to @gtconway3d

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Tom Nichols

      Well, I had that argument with him yesterdayhttps://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1426950632276119562 …

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      Tom NicholsVerified account @RadioFreeTom
      Replying to @baseballcrank
      When people are banging trashcan lids together and chanting “forever war”, there’s not much point in offering an expert opinion. I had plenty of opinions about this 10 and 15 years ago, mostly starting with “decide on the mission“. Americans didn’t want to hear that.
      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Aug 16
      Replying to @baseballcrank @gtconway3d

      Tom Nichols Retweeted Tom Nichols

      Dan, if you're going to examine my tweets, might as well read them all.https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1427083866498641920 …

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      Tom NicholsVerified account @RadioFreeTom
      No one really knows what I think about whether we should have stayed or left. So I'll tell you. My answer, for years, was: Stay and be serious about it and don't try to do it on the cheap. But if we won't commit and we're just guarding posts, then leave and accept the risk. /2
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 16
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @gtconway3d

      Concededly, I did not look for more tweets after you explicitly told me that there was not much point in you offering an expert opinion.

      9:56 AM - 16 Aug 2021
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        2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Aug 16
          Replying to @baseballcrank @gtconway3d

          I offered plenty of them over the years and advised a senator during a war. I just wasn't interested in explaining now, to raging partisans, what I would do differently ten years ago.

          1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 16
          Replying to @RadioFreeTom @gtconway3d

          I apologize for taking you at your word.

          2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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