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Plan B (Not the Pill)

Published on November 1, 2007 in News and Politics. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Sorry, but all of the sudden I have gotten hung up on this Iran thing. From the previous post you can tell I need to do more research (and think the politicians do too), but while watching the 10/30/2007 Democratic Debate I could not help, but wonder why would we not make a Plan B?

The Transcript

Obama:

Now, there may come a point where those measures have been exhausted and Iran is on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon, where we have to consider other options, but we shouldn’t talk about those options now when we haven’t tried what would be a much more effective approach.

I grant you that I would not like to see our policymakers spending most of their time talking about military action, but should we not consider it? Bush has gotten lambasted for not having a contingency plan in Iraq. That is fair how can we be paying all of these advisers and filling the coffers of government departments and not have a Plan B? How could we go to war and have NO ONE advising the President think that this could happen and draw a plan up for it? It is beyond me how we pay for these people to perform like this.

By the same token it seems to me that we should be prepared to take evasive military action against Iran. This is dangerous because just preparing can be interpreted as an act of war, but this is not a peaceful utopia we live in. We have a ridiculous number of nuclear arms, so if that is not something one can interpret as a potential act of war, I do not know what is. I think just the prospect of organizing a Plan B, the thing that Bush is criticized for not doing in Iraq is essential here. It would be foolish not to even consider it until all other options are exhausted. Lets actually consider every option and proceed with the least risky first, but have the extreme in the back of our minds just in case.

At least in this case Hillary was more reasonable:

I also think when you go to the table to negotiate with an adversarial regime, you need both carrots and sticks.

Lesson of the day: If you wake up in the morning and realize you have made a mistake, have a backup plan!

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