tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post2001700528666196984..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Biden Follows Trump On Foreign PolicyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-36972636580175996612021-08-31T08:21:26.210-04:002021-08-31T08:21:26.210-04:00As a person living on another part of the planet a...As a person living on another part of the planet and watching the elections in America, I am very interested in whether the Americans are satisfied with the policies of their new president?Smith Mitchellhttp://www.confiduss.com/en/jurisdictions/the-united-states/politics/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-81722161476430265562021-08-29T09:24:58.281-04:002021-08-29T09:24:58.281-04:00I'm definitely neither an academic nor an econ...I'm definitely neither an academic nor an economist, but I occasionally look at this blog because an old friend writes for it. Yours is by far the best summary I have seen of all of this. I like that you acknowledge the humanitarian disaster in a sensitive way as so many people seem to be saying "Well, so it goes, we had to get out". And I believe you are right about Biden and the Iran nuclear deal as well. Just my two cents.MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00227733150266932237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-58428467357488173942021-08-15T17:43:09.546-04:002021-08-15T17:43:09.546-04:00US should have withdrawn in 2003, if not late 2002...US should have withdrawn in 2003, if not late 2002, once the Taliban government was overthrown. Yeah, 2009 would have been better than now, but by then we had already made a mess of things there.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-68724324671206936072021-08-15T12:25:14.091-04:002021-08-15T12:25:14.091-04:00pgl, way to go.....
the orderly withdrawl should ...pgl, way to go.....<br /><br />the orderly withdrawl should have been in 2009, then the billions a week cost plus good profit to support contracts in afghanistan would have ended.<br /><br />instead the guy who voted against iraq invasion kept the good times for contractors rolling in iraq and afghanistan. yeah, hillary and vicky kagan too!<br /><br />yeah, trump was opposed to bush (pnac) nation blundering that obama championed<br /><br />including obama buying in to rebuilding libya and using al qaeda to try rebuild syria<br /><br />the root is bush and the enduring military industry complex<br /><br />orange n=man bad! but djt ain't the ugliest american.paddy kivlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-61742575205843988832021-08-14T07:15:48.967-04:002021-08-14T07:15:48.967-04:00An orderly withdrawal was the right thing to do. A...An orderly withdrawal was the right thing to do. Alas with everything Trump bungled the process leaving Biden with an impending disaster. Of course Republicans will blame Biden even if they had nothing to say when Trump was in charge. pglnoreply@blogger.com