It is their job to present options, not set policy.
AND, I reject your analysis.
Sure. Its how they present it and sell it. German General Staff to Hitler: Let us show you this “blitzkrieg” concept our war gamers devised......”. Sorry but given Trump’s known impulsiveness That option was volatile and not in the best interests of the American people. A single bad decision in this era of hair trigger weaponry can start a war.
Well said and true. The Russian trolls here want neither truth or logic.