“When George W. Bush began to have misgivings about the strategy his commanders were pursuing in Iraq, he forced himself to look upon Medusa, as it were, and re-think his position. The result was the Surge. One of the weaknesses of Barack Obama… He could not look upon Medusa and was the worse for it.”

Richard, that gaze into medusa quote is the greatest line I’ve read about hard decisions ever… simple and awesome.

Great comments by everyone else…