Bush-Obama Crisis Briefings On N. Korea Nukes, Cyberattack, Terror Strike

New York Times:

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.

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[ApolloSpeaks]

BARACK OBAMA THE NEW LBJ?

Our enemies will not let Obama be the great domestic president that he dreams of being. Obama, who is a guilt ridden Great Society liberal with an ambitious social agenda, could very well suffer the fate of LBJ with Iraq or Afghanistan (or both) turning into his Vietnam.

[MIVOTE]

Iraq and Afghanistan belong to Bush and only Bush!

[pangurban]

No, Apollo....­Obama is more like FDR than LBJ

[zonafan51]

Bush will give Obama Crisis Briefings??? That could take weeks . . . Bush's administration is one big, 8 year crisis!! Judging by how Bush has handled things during his administration he shouldn't be advising anyone . . . our president-elect should listen and then do the opposite of what Jr. thinks should be done.

[sarastjean]

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[Karma7]

I think Bush will use false intelligence reports to mislead Obama into a crisis, the way he mislead the American people into the disastrous war in Iraq. I think Bush is trying to undermine Obama's presidency. Bush has already attempted to set up future US policies in the mid-east, which would thwart Obama chances to make his own decisions and put our country at risk.

Remember how JFK was set up for the disastrous Bay of Pigs crisis, which almost destroyed his presidency early on and put the US at risk of a nuclear attack? Bush Sr. had a big role in that. In a telegram, Hoover indicated that Bush was in the CIA and was involved with the anti-Castro Cubans, and also referred to "Mr. George Bush of the CIA" in a memo dated November 29, 1963, about the Kennedy assassination. There’s even a spitting image of Bush in a photo in the front of the Texas School Book Depository that day.
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_753.shtml

http://www.stewwebb.com/bush_41_revives_links_to_jfk_warren_comission_obstruction.htm

The apple does not fall far from the tree…

Obama should be very wary of any information Bush gives him and take precautions; insist that at least 2 members of his new administration are at that meeting; VP Joe Biden, well seasoned in foreign relations, and Sec. of Defense, Bill Gates, an erudite military strategist.

We don’t need another Bay of Pigs.

[CranialRectalLoopback]

I am really F***G tired of this "Terrorist Threat" crap. There IS NO TERRORIST threat. There has NEVER BEEN a terrorist threat. We lose 10x the number of 9/11 victims EVERY F****G year through gun deaths. We lose 4x the number of 9/11 victims EVERY F****G year through drunk drivers. The drunks and the NRA skunks are the REAL TERRORISTS in this nation.

[harriscrl3]

Wow these are the biggest issues that Obama has to deal with. They PALE in comparison to the BIG issue thats on Everyone's mind right now what did he know about Blago and when did he know it.

Pfft these are just peanuts compared to that. These can all be cleared up in one day. Blago will drag on for his entire term.

Carol

[Grunty1]

One of Obama's first things will have to be to shred any backup plan approved by Bushco.

[fumes2]

The first thing Obama will do is pardon Gov. Blago, Rahm, and the rest of his Illinois crime bodies so they don't rat out him out.

[fumes2]

sorry. buddies, not bodies. the buddies that know where the bodies are buried.

[greatbear451]

You're joking right? Pardoning Blago right at the beginning of his term would be political suicide. Not even Bush is that dumb.
As for Rahm, well first he'd have to be accused of a crime before Obama could pardon him for anything. So far, Fitzgerald has stated there is no evidence of any wrongdoing on Rahm's part.

It's going to be a long four years for you bitters.

[fumes]

lol woodywest you're still too afraid to post such crap under your own silly moniker?

[HumeSkeptic]

Obama can avoid all these problems by pre-emptively b0mbing the world on his first day in office.
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[hortonhearsawho2]

just republican­s...

[abby4ever]

Now that was funny.

[Misha-in-Texas]

New Main: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/jesse-jackson-jr-went-to-_n_151678.html

[HumeSkeptic]

“I don’t think it makes any sense if you’re serious about prosecuting the war on terr0r, if you’re serious about defending the nation, if you believe as I do and the President does that the best defense is a good offense, that you’ve got to go on offense and go after them over there where they plot and train and plan so we don’t have to fight them here at home.” – D!ck Cheney, 2004
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“For perhaps many a person will ask himself the question, why are we fighting at such great distances? We are fighting at such great distances in order to protect our homeland, in order to keep the war as far removed from it as possible . . . . It is therefore preferable to keep the front line at a distance of 1,000 and if necessary 2,000 kilometers from the borders of the Reich, than to hold that front somewhere near the border of the Reich and to be forced to hold it there.” – Ad0lf H!tler, 1942

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[sharonh]

Cheney is the lowest of the low, and was the chief architect of this war for profit. I am afraid we will never see justice served on him.

[fumes2]

Thanks Mr. VP for keeping me from getting blown up by a terrorist and thanks for the ROI on my Halliburton stock.

[Misha-in-Texas]

OT: What kind of i.diot would get engaged to Drew Peterson. Unbelievable.

[MIMom]

No way - for real? A woman who's not too bright, that's who.

[sharonh]

Also off topic--FL Gov Charlie Crist went through with his wedding! I thought he was just kidding. He must be considering a run for the high office in 2012.

[Bardmess]

Are HuffPost Headline Writers getting bored, or what? I thought the "Sara Palin Sent White Powder" was pretty funny, but this one gave me an unnecessary scare. I didn't like it. Who's in charge of this?

[ere]

Are they gonna change the name of this place to The Drudgington Post?

The headline is very Drudge-like

IOW: Tabloidish and aimed at lower intellect

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[MNmommy]

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Whoops.

Should have been "And Bush WAS a cheerleader". =>> And Bush as a cheerleader. What's your point?

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I meant no harm. I'm serious, Ballet Boys can do NO wrong.

I'm not impressed by male cheerleaders - but a guy that earns a scholarship for ballet? That's something.

[LittlePurpleUSA]

Obam? lol