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Originally Posted by Spuds

Depends on how far out it is. 3+ years, maybe. Special committee has to be formed, budget has to be approved, politicians need to fight over the name and point fingers, budget approval needs to be filibustered because it doesn't include a provision to use sugar beets from Arkansas or whatever, then the contract has to go to competitive bid, then be protested, then rewritten because an election occurred, and eventually we would have about a year to actually go deflect it.

Meanwhile Russia has already taken care of it within 4 days of becoming aware.