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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 3
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    Cory Booker made a really embarrassing statement on Wednesday that went unnoticed. He warned that a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan could "create a vacuum that’s ultimately going to destabilize the Middle East." Afghanistan is not in the Middle East

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 3
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        Afghanistan is in South Asia. It's not in the Middle East. And it's not a pedantic point. For a major presidential candidate make a basic geography error when referring to a country that the US has been occupying and bombing for 18 years suggests a certain imperial decadence

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      2. Andy‏ @FrancisTheSailr Aug 3
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        Wow, Mike. What a scoop!

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      3. Nathan Case‏ @jimbohotwings Aug 3
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        BREAKING!!!

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      2. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd Aug 3
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        Weak point. Afghanistan is on the eastern fringe of the original Muslim zone, and what happens there has effects elsewhere. Think of the Mujahedeen in the 1980s.

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      3. Δούκας  🤡 gang‏ @hogtownserb Aug 3
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        Not only that it's smack in the middle of access points to southern, east and central Asia. Geostrategic area for that reason. Even more so if you have intents on oppressing Iran, threatening China and flanking Russia.

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      1. Haden Ware‏ @HadenWare Aug 3
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        The only time “hasty” should be used to describe a 19 year war is when talking about how we got into it, not out of it.

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      1. Tuesday‏ @Tuesday81865744 Aug 3
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        Not that I like Booker or anything, but just because Afghanistan isn't *in* the Middle East doesn't mean it can't *affect* the Middle East. The real question is whether Booker thinks the events of 2011 might have also been, um, "destabilizing".

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        will it have an effect on wasabism tho?

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      1. prometx‏ @prometx Aug 3
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        It went unnoticed because the entity known as "Cory Booker" is naturally composed of 98.9% "embarrassing statements"...#parforthecourse...#realpolitik...pic.twitter.com/F9sgtY5cBN

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      1. Fourth Stooge‏ @Fourth_Stooge Aug 3
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        That's actually a big improvement for Cory.

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      2. Cuckleberry Finn‏ @Pythagasaurus2 Aug 3
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        Cory Booker is pretty embarrassing generally

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        pic.twitter.com/nkLxIK9yD6

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      1. Lennart Reus‏ @lennartreus Aug 3
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        Islamic State has a presence in Afghanistan so whatever he was trying to say, he can always point to this. IS using base in Afghanistan to destabilize the middle East.

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      1. Defend Ska At All Costs‏ @WEB_DemBoyz Aug 3
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        Wow, imagine what the Middle East would be like if it were destabilized...Cory might be on to something here...

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      2. Lorne D‏ @LorneDTwit Aug 3
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        It’s next to a country that shares a border with the Middle East...that counts, right?

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      3. Just Another  🤡 on the Internet‏ @JackMcGivern5 Aug 3
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        It borders Iran, which is the ME

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      1. Prasanna‏ @Flyfiddlesticks Aug 3
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        He's not far off either. And Talibs in Afghanistan will create a new direction.

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