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Message: [QUOTE="auggie22, post: 3549861, member: 551"] The person in question is a poor communicator, an , and not nearly as smart as he thinks. But partisans have set up a no win situation such that regardless of which way this plays out, the storyline is going to be that he screwed up. The message from the very beginning should have been that we have a Sophie’s choice to make and that there are going to be casualties on either side, demonstrate a careful consideration is under way, leverage all of the expertise that this country has, and then support a decision with facts. He doesn’t do thoughtful well but the irony is opening up should be an easy case to make. He left this too open ended at the start and as such a decision to open will seem that it is out of desperation and against all advice Regardless, it is an election year and there is just no way he was going to have the media on his side. [/QUOTE]