Some of the damage has been done, all in his plan to trash America, its military, our missions in two theaters, and the Bush Administration, ie, all patriots.
“Some of the damage has been done, all in his plan to trash America, its military, our missions in two theaters, and the Bush Administration, ie, all patriots.”
I suspect three elements caused this decision: (1) Polls show he’s going to get slaughtered if he releases them; (2) By technically opposing the release but getting the Court to do his dirty work, he gets political cover from being slaughtered; and/or(3) The pictures aren’t all that bad. He assesses that they do more damage as they are imagined to be than as they really are.