DOD Panel: Next President to ‘Likely’ to Face Crisis in First 270 Days
By joshuah at 28 October, 2008, 7:04 am
I usually refrain from political commentary because my view of the one party, two faction process is likened unto:
Obama vs McCain = Cholera vs Plague
However, the following comments by Biden, along with these nutball skin heads allegedly plotting to assassinate Obama really had me thinking last night about one scenario in particular.
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in power and he will need supporters to stand by him as he makes tough, and possibly unpopular, decisions.
“Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.“
Yes, I know that Biden is referring to a Bay of Pigs type scenario, but when he invokes the name of John Kennedy the first thought that pops into my mind is Kennedy’s assassination, especially with the Skin Head ‘assassins’ all over the news. If the same were to happen to Obama, there is little doubt that this country will burn, literally, because of riots and civil unrest. Based on this alone I wouldn’t vote for Obama: he is far too dangerous to this country one way or the other.
Police departments are already preparing for potential unrest and riots during the upcoming historic elections that will result in either the first black US President or the first female Vice President. I can imagine much more easily that riots and civil unrest might occur if Obama looses rather than similar troubles resulting from Palin loosing. but anyway…
Let’s go through scenario #1quickly.
- Obama wins election
- Horrible Kennedyesque tragedy occurs
- Riots and mayhem in the streets of America
- Martial Law is declared, Consitution is suspended
- TEOTAWKI
And scenario #2:
- Obama loses election
- Riots and mayhem in the streets of America
- Martial Law is declared, Consitution is suspended
- TEOTAWKI
Source: The Insider
The next president is likely to face a major international crisis within his first nine months in office, according to a senior group of business advisers to the defense secretary.
Accordingly, the Defense Business Board says the new administration should set a goal to win Senate confirmation of key Pentagon posts in the first 30 days of the inauguration, in order to have a full team in place to deal with such a contingency.
Michael Bayer, chairman of the Defense Business Board and veteran Pentagon consultant, this week called for the next administration to move quickly to avoid encountering civilian leadership vacuums that often accompany political transitions.
“Prepare for a likely first 270 days crisis,” Bayer warns in an Oct. 23 briefing. “Too many presidents were ill prepared for this.”
Joe Biden, the Democratic ticket’s vice presidential nominee, drew criticism earlier this week for suggesting that should he and Barack Obama prevail in the Nov. 4 election, U.S. adversaries will mount an attack of some kind to test the new president.
Bayer’s briefing, presented yesterday to a public meeting of the Defense Business Board, recommends the future president elect and his advisers “set aside time in transition to identify the planning, gravitas and interagency process necessary to respond to a likely first-270-day crisis.”
For months, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the service chiefs and the Joint Staff have been preparing for the first wartime transfer of Pentagon political authority in four decades. In addition to identifying defense policy issues for an incoming to understand, the military is also on high operational alert, according to a Joint Staff official.
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