I had the same thought reading the article. There are risks either way; bureaucratic deliberation has costs as well as benefits. In this case, the relevant expe

I had the same thought reading the article. There are risks either way; bureaucratic deliberation has costs as well as benefits. In this case, the relevant experts, in balancing those costs against the benefits, would definitely not have dithered for two years before acting. We've definitely lost something here. As Peter Thiel noted: [1] There are ways that the government is working far less well than it used to. Just outside my office is the Golden Gate Bridge. It was built under FDR's Administration in the 1930s in about three and a half years. They're currently building an access highway on one of the tunnels that feeds into the bridge, and it will take at least six years to complete. I wonder what it might take to get that back. [1] http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1187 http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1187