tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post2664713662494214966..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Thiessen Balances His Policy Defense Of TrumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-46064847558334974012020-01-04T15:05:06.309-05:002020-01-04T15:05:06.309-05:00That list could no doubt have gone on far beyond t...That list could no doubt have gone on far beyond ten. Just the flat out lies are in the thousands per year and increasing. emjayayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790208989570059525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-56269578724843607492020-01-02T21:09:00.890-05:002020-01-02T21:09:00.890-05:00Well, Vietnam led to far more American deaths than...Well, Vietnam led to far more American deaths than Afghanistan or Iraq, but it did some to an end eventually.<br /><br />As it is, the US has some sort of forces in something like 140 countries. But in most of them there is currently peace, more or less.<br /><br />Yes, I would say there has to be some shooting for a war to be going on.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-49096617461053770842020-01-02T13:56:59.296-05:002020-01-02T13:56:59.296-05:00I think if you're talking about somewhere wher...I think if you're talking about somewhere where they're shooting at us and we're shooting back, his argument is some poorly done semantics. But then I'm old enough to remember the arguments that claimed objections to the Vietnam war were ignorable because those voices were wrong about it being a war, it was a "police action". The same sort of bad-faith argument that you get from certain gun nuts about firearm nomenclature.JDMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-18059708248658973462020-01-01T23:20:33.672-05:002020-01-01T23:20:33.672-05:00His argument on longest-running Afghanistan is tha...His argument on longest-running Afghanistan is that troop levels are way down from earlier and mostly now just training local troops, although there does still seem to be some direct action by them.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-22307360216953649412020-01-01T19:38:57.304-05:002020-01-01T19:38:57.304-05:00Is it a canard that the United States is fighting ...Is it a canard that the United States is fighting "endless wars"? JDMnoreply@blogger.com