Because ... GG offered to the Empiror his 2 Hilton direct reports as sacrificial lambs. It is easier to cut off a limb when it is not attached to your body.
Actually in Japan the head of the snake should take the fall, GG fall on the sword like a real man. You've got to believe Welchol 2.0 will be a bust as well as anything else out of Edison. They need to go.