BY TAYLOR MARSH
One question: Considering Bush’s utter incompetence and foreign policy failings,
why would President Obama, once inaugurated, follow any of Bush-Cheney’s suggested
contingency plans?
The White House has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help
guide President-elect Barack Obama if an international crisis erupts in the
opening days of his administration, part of an elaborate operation devised
to smooth the first transition of power since Sept. 11, 2001.The memorandums envision a variety of volatile possibilities, like a North
Korean nuclear explosion, a cyberattack on American computer systems, a terrorist
strike on United States facilities overseas or a fresh outbreak of instability
in the Middle East, according to people briefed on them. Each then outlines
options for Mr. Obama to consider. [...]
Interesting that Bush was also given warnings by the Clinton administration, all of which he either ignored, some of which might have saved us all a lot of grief.
Between Gates, Jones, Biden, and of course Clinton, something tells me that
Barack Obama will have his own ideas, but also already know what’s coming his
way.
Hey, but thanks, George. Thoughtful of you to finally decide to prepare.
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