Considered means had a study done to see what the effects would be. It doesn't mean that was the preferred strategy. There are people in the Pentagon consideri

Considered means had a study done to see what the effects would be. It doesn't mean that was the preferred strategy. There are people in the Pentagon considering all kinds of crazy scenarios all the time, so that when crazy actually happens the leaders can make a quick decision based on a briefing book that took a while to put together. It sounds ominous in the press, but it's really innocuous.