Donald Trump rejects subject experts position on the topic:
It's an outrage! We have to listen to the experts opinion on the issue!
starlord and co rejects experts position on the topic:
the experts are engaging in a lot of mental gymnastics to call this a win.
Have I been wasting my time with my real life anti-Trump efforts the past three years? Are you folks just cut from the same cloth of wanting reality to confirm your prejudices?
You know one of the people I quoted wrote a book about this:
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Experti.../dp/0190469412
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
by Tom Nichols, the first expert I quoted.
It's really, really good. It reads like an indictment your folks position on deterrence.
here's the synopsis
This is why when I quote stuff, I almost always refer to subject matter experts (remember: I quoted David Petraeus on the deterrence topic last weekend, and people came up with rationalizations about why to ignore him). Because I am not an expert. But I know who the experts are.
If you want more experts on how this was a modest win and helped refortify deterrence, I'd be happy to share.