"That was a decisive thing to do.
The question is whether investors will consider his reforms decisive enough to do the trick.
The new administration had no choice but to rise to its first serious challenge with decisive action; to do anything else would have been to set a new low in spinelessness.
But they also noted that their combat missions carried a heavy political component: they are ordered to respond with decisive force, but to do so with a precision that would not agitate the broader Iraqi population.
Something has to be done, and yet there is nothing decisive and definitive to do.
The most important link in the future and in the outcomes of Decisive Storm has to do with the question of whether the operation's strategic implications are confined to Yemen, or whether they go beyond Yemen.
Barlow's approach to big decisions is to absorb others' opinions before making the decisive move: "You need to do some analysis and listen to people, but then you have to put on your pants of power and then make a decision".
Let's focus more intently on players' decision-making and challenge them to do something decisive in a short space of time.
On Thursday, Hollande will give a long television interview to try and convince the French that, for all their doubts, he has a clear, decisive vision of what to do for the country.
The bad news is that they are loth to do anything decisive about it.
