cttmr: There you go again, disparaging the Commander in Chief. Just WHAT do YOU THINK our Government is supposed to do? Sit idly by and NOT make any plans? C'mon - we've got nukes, lot's of other countries have nukes. Are you that sheltered that you don't believe for a second that the United States isn't already targeted by the contingency plans of other countries? For God's sake... it takes a year for Congress to decide what namesake a U.S. Naval Ship will be dedicated to let alone attain the correlation of the CIA, SECNAV, CNO, and other interested parties combined efforts to put in effect a PLAN of ATTACK to MINIMIZE U.S. CASUALTIES in the event we are forced into an all out war. Would you rather wait, let the media blow it out of proportion, and get the concensus from the bleeding hearts of ill-informed Americans AFTER we get our nuts blown out of the water? We've had O.P. contingencies in effect for over 50 years. Our only problem now is that some jackass leaked out specific information that was highly sensitive to the media and (my humble opinion on that one) is that the **** should be charged with treason and executed (yes, with a gun).