Why not?
I am not buying this argument in the context of national security, why in the world would it apply here? I didn't pinky swear to uphold the power of moderators.
Besides, it's not like we're talking about non-obvious things.
I am not buying this argument in the context of national security, why in the world would it apply here?
There's an asymmetry between discussing flaws in the admin's plans and discussing flaws in the attacker's plans, which is significant enough that the first can be a public service and the second a public disservice.
The national security analog of the former is pointing out security holes, and the analog of the latter is giving helpful advice to terrorists.
Besides, it's not like we're talking about non-obvious things.
If it is truly obvious, then th...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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