"The one thing I don't try to do is to second guess decisions made in good faith when I wasn't here," Clarke said.
We should hesitate to second-guess decisions they make on the ground.
It describes the fan who second-guesses decisions made during a game from the perspective of knowing the outcome of those decisions.
"Normally, it is not and, I believe, should not be the role of Congress to second-guess decisions by private-sector businesses," he said.
Moreover, the administration said, Congress gave states "wide discretion" to set Medicaid rates, and courts should not second-guess decisions by Secretary Sebelius on the adequacy of rates.
It is easy after an election to second-guess decisions, especially after an outcome that could wind up being the tightest in history.
The official said the United States would no longer be in a position to second-guess decisions by the new Iraqi government.
Campaigns exploit this instinct, particularly when appealing to voters who second-guess decisions of someone they put in office, said Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and co-founder of No Labels, a nonprofit devoted to bipartisanship.
In the recent case of anthrax found at a postal center, for example, he said he would not second-guess decisions made by the health authorities about whether to close it.
"It's easy to second-guess decision-makers when you don't have to live with the consequences of the decision," he said.
Constantly measuring herself against her mother, and occasionally her siblings, Nunez second guesses decisions made and wonders about alternative outcomes.
