Wes Moore

Wes Moore of Maryland on the midterms and beyond.

You got to be able to show what an alternative looks like.

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We begin with Wes Moore, a rising star in the Democratic Party.

You know, you're never going to win long term on anger.

Wes Moore of Maryland on the midterms and beyond.

You got to be able to show what an alternative looks like.

That's this week on NPR's Newsmakers.

Listen or watch the program on NPR's YouTube channel.

You know, I've had a lot of conversations with...

some of the folks that I serve with, in fact, recently, as early as this morning, there was always something that we knew as paratroopers, as members of the 82nd, or just frankly, anybody in the military, is that you never authorize military force unless, A, military force was the last option, B, we had an understanding of what the mission and the endgame was, and C, you were spending your time and your energy building the right kind of coalition.

that could help to be successful in advance.

The problem with this mission is none of those things have, A, not been accomplished, but I'm not sure if any of the three of them have even been thought about because there is no one who could argue that military action was the last resort on this mission.

Nobody.

There's nobody that can argue that we understand

what the mission is or mission accomplishment is or the end game.

And it's not because we're being naive.