Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
Quote:
Gen Hyten said: "We think about these things a lot. When you have this responsibility, how do you not think about it?"
"It's not that complicated," Gen Hyten added.
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The obfuscation is possibly to deceive domestic public opinion.
OAP
Or to acknowledge that, for the first time, the current C in C is a little short on the smarts needed to make those decisions.
Not meant as a cheap shot- it remains my genuine opinion that he's really not very clever...
CG