Why is this redirecting me to the users individual page rather than deleting them?

Question

I'm trying to allow admin users to delete other users within this application but clicking on the delete link redirects to the the page of the selected user.

user_controller.rb

class UsersController < ApplicationController
    before_filter :authenticate,    :only => [:index, :edit, :update, :destroy] 
    before_filter :correct_user,    :only => [:edit, :update]
    before_filter :admin_user,      :only => :destroy

    def destroy
        User.find(params[:id]).destroy
        flash[:success] = "User destroyed."
        redirect_to users_path
    end

  private

    def authenticate
        deny_access unless signed_in?
    end

    def correct_user
        @user = User.find(params[:id])
        redirect_to(root_path) unless current_user?(@user)
    end

    def admin_user
        redirect_to(root_path) unless current_user.admin?
    end
end

application.html.erb

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title><%= title %></title>
    <%= csrf_meta_tag %>
    <%= render 'layouts/stylesheets' %>
    <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
</head>

_user.html.erb

<li>
<%= link_to user.name, user %>
<% if current_user.admin? %>
| <%= link_to "delete", user,   :method => :delete, :confirm => "You sure?",
                                :title => "Delete #{user.name}" %>
<% end %>
</li>

check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4606860/rails-3-link-to-to-destroy-not-working — Bohdan, Oct 11 '11 at 11:59
Passing it as button_to worked although I'm still not sure why the link_to worked before but doesn't in 3.1 — RyanMacG, Oct 11 '11 at 12:10
before rails 3 link_to with method set to delete generated JS that created a form and submitted it now it just generates HTML link element — Bohdan, Oct 11 '11 at 12:13
Ah ok, thanks for that. Still getting to grips with it all so changes like this throw me for a loop. — RyanMacG, Oct 11 '11 at 12:15

Why is this redirecting me to the users individual page rather than deleting them?

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