His defensiveness can be very frustrating at times. I understand it partially because so many people wanted him to right all the wrongs of the world and wanted him to be a super-progressive or a super-liberal and make all their policies a reality, and that just wasn't going to happen. For all his speeches about it, the man's not Superman. I won't say that he's not to blame for encouraging the unrealistic hype, but I saw his frustration at having his accomplishments ignored in favor of what he didn't do. But at the same time, this was something where he didn't have to do anything. He could have just let it go. And even if he appealed the decision, even that could have been somewhat understandable since he wants it done through Congressional action because it will give it a smidgen more authenticity in the eyes of the public or so the general opinion goes. But pushing for an emergency stay on top of it, an emergency stay, as if the military was likely to implode if this action was immediately stopped... that is just mrrrrr.