Obama Averted Crises, But Isn't Getting Credit

Michael Grunwald, Time
The New Republic recently asked an intriguing question about the U.S. intervention in Libya: Why isn't Obama getting credit for preventing an atrocity? The answer is obvious when you think about it: because he prevented the atrocity. It's hard to get credit for avoiding a disaster when it's impossible to prove the disaster would have happened without you. Social scientists call this the counterfactual problem.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/04/obama_averted_crises_but_isn039t_getting_credit_253203.html

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