Bolton: The risk of an inexperienced president overreacting to prove himself more dangerous than under-reaction

I got to wondering today - is there anyone in Barack Obama’s orbit that he doesn’t have to make excuses for? Biden, as everyone knows by now, pulled another gaffe this week (he told the truth again) and embarrassed the Obama campaign and sent the handlers banging their heads together to figure out how to spin it. “We’ll call Biden’s statement ‘political flourishes.’”

Biden said Obama winning the election would trigger a international crisis within 6 months. Palin pointed out another worry the Obama camp has:

“But I guess the looming crisis that most worries the Obama campaign right now is Joe Biden’s next speaking engagement. Let’s call that crisis scenario number five.”

Bolton, and most everyone else who has a clue is calling Biden’s observations in this case spot-on.

“The risk of an untried president is not only that he wouldn’t respond adequately, but I think there is the risk of an excessive reaction,” said Bolton. “The desire to prove, as Sen. Biden said, that Senator Obama has steel in his spine, proving how tough you are, can sometimes lead to an overreaction which would be as, or more dangerous, for the United States than what an under-reaction would be. I am grateful to Senator Biden for bringing it up for us.”

The story:
CNSNews.com - Obama Presidency Tested by ‘International Crisis’ Is ‘Realistic,’ Bolton Says