Do you think he would have the only say in it if a major attack was underway on a carrier group? Do you think he would ignore the political consequences of giving a half-stepping response? Do you think the rest of the Dem Party would stand silently while he did trashing them all for a very long time?
We are in big trouble if all of that is the likely scenario.
its who controls the release of information that matters, and how slow it comes out, and who tells it
You trust CNN?