[edanm]

You know, there's the off chance that: 1. He is smart. 2. As the President of the United States, he is getting all the data he needs. 3. You're the one who's wrong.

I'm not saying it's necessarily true, but it sounds a little funny to say "yeah he's either stupid or ignorant" about someone who is very likely neither. It's possible he just disagrees with you, despite being smart and knowledgeable.

[djcapelis]

Of course that's a possibility.

I merely stated my own personal doubt that inside the echo chamber he was seeing the same things we see and that alone could explain the decision.

I didn't say that was the only possibility. I just mentioned it was the one I thought most likely.

I think it's always important to remember smart people can make stupid decisions based on flawed data. I was reminding the poster I was replying to about this possibility.

I did not actually say that Obama necessarily did this here. Though I do think it likely actually... but it's hard to tell, I don't have lunch with the guy.

[loewenskind]

It doesn't have to be one of:

a) Stupid b) Ignorant c) Wrong

It is most likely that Obama has different motivations then we do so his "right" is different than ours.

[edanm]

Yep, that definitely seems more likely than him being stupid or ignorant.