Appropriate policies (design, scale, implementation schedule) were not universally apparent but that did not stop advocates (on all sides) from
claiming clairvoyance and demanding action in line with their own interpretation.
They deny the models are bogus and basically a propaganda stunt, and instead
claim godlike
clairvoyance and accuracy: The hindcast performance of the models in the 20th century when they had the advantage of history to guide them is really underwhelming.