# Bush: There is No "Plan B" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003 "2007-01-29T20:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/61 "2007-01-30T17:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=RTFirefly] I’m beginning to think Congress should impeach him and Cheney both, simply as an act of national salvation. The charge? “You guys aren’t just fucking up our country, you’re fucking up the whole freakin’ _world!!_” [/QUOTE] Good luck with that – [next in line](http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html) after Cheney is Nancy Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/62 "2007-01-30T18:36:31Z")
Doesn’t need a “Plan B”, so long as he controls the narrative. He can establish the required benchmarks, and he can declare those benchmarks wholly fulfilled. Or Congress can define the benchmarks, and he can declare them wholly fulfillied. If all our people end up grabbing helicopters from the Republic of Greenzonia in a full scale bugout, he will stand there and say “Hey! You wanted a re-deployment! I gave it to you!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/63 "2007-01-30T18:53:39Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Good luck with that – [next in line](http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html) after Cheney is Nancy Pelosi. [/QUOTE] And the downside of that is . . . ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/64 "2007-01-30T19:15:11Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] And the downside of that is . . . ? 🙂 [/QUOTE] None for me! But you might get some resistance from the Republican side of Congress. I don’t think Hillary would be too happy either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/65 "2007-01-30T19:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Of course, I may have just been whooshed. [/QUOTE] You were. It was a subtle dig combining Dubya’s love of “Risk” and his general stupidity. Apparently I need to crank down the subtle to appeal to the pobes. -Joe, 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/66 "2007-01-30T20:26:26Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] None for me! But you might get some resistance from the Republican side of Congress. I don’t think Hillary would be too happy either. 😉 [/QUOTE] If I submit this for the SDMB Understatement of the Year Award, does it count as one or two? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/67 "2007-01-30T20:35:56Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] And the downside of that is . . . ? 🙂 [/QUOTE] It’s Nancy Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/68 "2007-01-30T21:17:56Z")
> [@](#): > > GENERAL: Now, Field Marshal Hague has formulated a brilliant new tactical plan to ensure final victory in the field. > > CAPTAIN BLACKADDER: Ah, would this brilliant plan involve us climbing out of our trenches and walking very slowly towards the enemy, sir? > > CAPTAIN DARLING: How could you possibly know that Blackadder, it’s classified information? > > CAPTAIN BLACKADDER: It’s the same plan that we used last time, and the seventeen times before that. > > GENERAL: Ex… ex… ex… actly! And that is what is so brilliant about it! It will catch the watchful Hun totally off guard. Doing precisely what we’ve done eighteen times before is exactly the last thing they’ll expect us to do this time! There is, however, one small problem. > > CAPTAIN BLACKADDER: That everyone always gets slaughtered in the first ten seconds? > > GENERAL: That’s right. And Field Marshal Hague is worried that this may be depressing the men a tad. So, he’s looking to find a way to cheer them up. > > CAPTAIN BLACKADDER: Well, his resignation and suicide would seem the obvious answer. When life is turning into a Blackadder episode, all you **can** do is laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/69 "2007-01-30T21:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] When life is turning into a Blackadder episode, all you **can** do is laugh. [/QUOTE] George W. Baldrick: “I have a cunning plan.” ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/70 "2007-01-30T21:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Boy, is this news going to upset [Plan B](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). [/QUOTE] LOL ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/71 "2007-01-30T23:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] Bush later (next day?) came to the person that correctly stated it was Switzerland and not Sweden with no army [/QUOTE] Except that’s wrong, too. They both do. Counting reservists, [Switzerland has more soldiers per capita than any other democracy.](http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/swiss_army.htm) Odd of Lantos not to know that, if the story is true - maybe he doesn’t have one of those knives. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/72 "2007-01-30T23:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Except that’s wrong, too. They both do. Counting reservists, [Switzerland has more soldiers per capita than any other democracy.](http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/swiss_army.htm) Odd of Lantos not to know that, if the story is true - maybe he doesn’t have one of those knives. 😉 [/QUOTE] The Swiss have compulsory service. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/73 "2007-01-31T01:26:14Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] It’s Nancy Pelosi. [/QUOTE] After Bush, Forrest Gump would be an improvement as President. Pelosi would look fantastic just by having a clue - which she most certainly does. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/74 "2007-01-31T01:31:11Z")
[QUOTE=tagos] I suppose we just have to count ourselves lucky no major diplomatic incident arose from the Swiss refusal to send a carrier group to help out. Or Jamaica a regiment of their crack mountain troops. [/QUOTE] Bolivia did, however, send a submarine.\* \*Actually that was (mostly) Denmark’s contribution to the Coalition of the, er… hmm… Willing(?). ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/75 "2007-01-31T07:59:26Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] > [@](#): > > CAPTAIN BLACKADDER: Well, his resignation and suicide would seem the obvious answer. [/QUOTE] Ooooh, so tempting! ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/76 "2007-02-01T06:35:41Z")
The Swiss also don’t start unnecessary wars. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/77 "2007-02-01T11:04:28Z")
I wonder if the Shrub has ever had a Swiss Army Knife? ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003/78 "2007-02-01T11:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] I wonder if the Shrub has ever had a Swiss Army Knife? [/QUOTE] He still has all his fingers so i’m guessing the answer is ‘no’. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-there-is-no-plan-b/390003.md?page=3)