Yes I very much do think they care. The CIA would say something like “we belive that it’s 52% likely that protests would resume” and pentagon would say that “it would use up this many bombs, casualties would be in the range of x per week.” This is their job, they are not politically appointed, they are well funded and as Maduro kidnapping shows they are reasonably good at what they do.
I’m certain every president would take the same action based on some number given by CIA and Pentagon and their personal risk apetite. Maybe Biden would have required 70% and 1 casuality while Trump would accept 40% and 10, we don’t know. But every one of them would have tried at some risk/reward ratio.
Yes I very much do think they care. The CIA would say something like “we belive that it’s 52% likely that protests would resume” and pentagon would say that “it would use up this many bombs, casualties would be in the range of x per week.” This is their job, they are not politically appointed, they are well funded and as Maduro kidnapping shows they are reasonably good at what they do.
I’m certain every president would take the same action based on some number given by CIA and Pentagon and their personal risk apetite. Maybe Biden would have required 70% and 1 casuality while Trump would accept 40% and 10, we don’t know. But every one of them would have tried at some risk/reward ratio.