SETUP
You are the President of the United States. Dozens of
astronomers have spotted a meteor that is headed towards
the earth. They have calculated that it will strike France
in three days, at approximately 3:30 a.m. EST.
 The
meteor is large enough to wipe France from the face of the
earth. France and the UN have requested that the United
States immediately send all available ships and aircraft
to evacuate the French population. Hundreds of thousands
of French people are gathered on Omaha Beach at
Normandy hoping for U.S. ships to appear on the horizon.
The ships and planes you could send are being used to
fight the war on terror overseas.
As President, you must decide:
- Do you stay up that night to watch live coverage of
the impact, or
- Do you tape it and watch it the next day?
WHY?
The U.S. "needs more time" to consider the request for
evacuation. We need absolute proof that there is a meteor.
The alleged meteor is not visible to the naked eye. UN
meteor inspectors should be sent to astronomical
observatories next month to spend 90 days carefully
examining
photographic evidence of the alleged meteor, and then
present their findings to the Security Council.
The reason
for the request should be carefully evaluated, and the
U.N. should be asked to fully debate the subject and then
give UNANIMOUS consent to a resolution showing that the
whole world supports the request. The U.S. should not act
unilaterally, hastily, precipitously, nor preemptively.
EVERY member nation should contribute ships to the effort
before the U.S. takes any action whatsoever.
WHAT? You say it would then be too late? Gee, what a
shame.
Please pass the popcorn.
Thanks to Ed K. for sending me this
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