raymond @1: Ah, that lovely construction, most famously used by the redoubtable Peggy Noonan;
She dismisses the possibility that Clinton believed he was acting in Elian [Gonzalez]’s best interests and speculates that Castro blackmailed him, sexually or otherwise. (“Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to,” she explains.)
It would be irresponsible not to.
raymond @1: Ah, that lovely construction, most famously used by the redoubtable Peggy Noonan;