Um, Yeah, Good Luck With That, Mr. President
'Cuz Barry won't listen
Spotted at Hot Air
from the New York Times (shudder)
Bush Prepares Crisis Briefings to Aid Obama
WASHINGTON — 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.
The contingency planning goes beyond what other administrations have done,
with President Bush and Mr. Obama vowing to work in tandem to ensure a more
efficient transition in a time of war and terrorist threat. The commission that
investigated the Sept. 11 attacks, noting problems during the handover from
President Bill Clinton to Mr. Bush, called for a better process “since a catastrophic
attack could occur with little or no notice,” as its report put it.The rest here
But the money shot: "For a president thinking about crisis management,” Mr. Carafano said, “the most important thing is not decision making, it’s public relations.”
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