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War_Hamster 25 points ago +25 / -0

Because just ending it immediately is an admission that they were never necessary in the first place, and these feckless politicians can't admit they screwed up.

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geotus3000 15 points ago +15 / -0

Exactly, slowly walk back and pretend like you're helping.

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Cyer6 2 points ago +2 / -0

This. To soften up the public slowly and to allow the local media to burn out their daily news stories on the subject.