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Originally Posted by DrPhil
I disagree with AlphaFrog (I think it was AlphaFrog) that this was a common sense move and Forest Gump would have done the same thing. First of all, common sense is a subjective concept and there is knowledge and power required to make such decisions. This decision could have been made and it could have ended horribly and then people wouldn't have been celebrating or looking for who to credit. They'd be looking for who to blame. Honestly, and God forbid, it could still end horribly and then I wonder how the assessment of "common sense" will play then; and who would be blamed if something were to happen after people's celebrations ended.
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Now that more thorough reports are coming out, it is clear that this wasn't a common sense move. President Obama's advisors gave him three choices. 1) air strike, 2) ground strike, 3) wait for more solid evidence. He went home, slept (and presumably prayed) on it, and called early the next day to order a ground strike.
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