Curious what sort background qualifies you to make better decisions than either of them and their undoubtedly overpaid yet highly experienced staff.

The "escalation" wasn't needless. In fact while it may appear to be an escalation, for all you know it was a mitigation against journalists who were already preparing to make giant headlines and give FOX news another thing to rile their base with.

Sometimes you see a train barreling towards you and jump off the tracks despite the injury you know you're going to take when you land.