And the reason that they did not prevent it is because the politicans would not allow them to prevent it.
Ask a politician if they’d jump in front of a bullet to protect someone, anyone else...
If a politician doesn’t feel like they are expendable, why should we expect anything else from them but feckless, and unprincipled representation...
(Ohhhh, this is good stuff, I need to write this one down somewhere...Anyone got a pen???)