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LESSONS FROM LIBYA for dictators in distress. ?To ensure that the president does not focus unduly o?

By Glenn Reynolds

LESSONS FROM LIBYA for dictators in distress. “To ensure that the president does not focus unduly on your war, schedule it while he is preoccupied with other matters: a Motown concert, a conference on bullying, his golf game, and finalizing his Final Four picks.” Ouch.

Plus this: “Consider restarting your nuclear program, since the conditions that caused you to suspend it are gone. At most, the president will form a committee of several nations to talk to you; he will consider more sanctions if the world speaks as one. You need not worry about his ‘deadlines.’”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 16, 2011 (boomark / email).