What Is Flig?

The Red Skull and Art Speigleman.

Thought experiment: On November 2nd, Kerry wins, and by a sizable enough margin that lawsuits and recounts don't drag on for a month or more.

What does the Bush administration do before the inauguration to advance the War on Terror, consolidate the emerging democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq, and deal with Iran and North Korea, given the belief that the Kerry administration will likely return to a policy of appeasement?

I'm not suggesting some kind of "Last Days of the Nixon Whitehouse" scenario, where there are secret military orders to ignore any unusual requests from the White House. This is more about what could be done that Kerry can't reverse. I'm particularly interested in what could be done regarding Iran. Bush could actually order an Anmerican assault on Iranian nuke sites, rather than outsourcing it to Israel.

I'm sure that there's a long-standing tradition that lame-duck presidents don't do anything drastic during the end of their terms, especially on foreign policy. I'm also pretty sure that if he felt it to be necessary, Bush would say "to hell with tradition" and decide to "settle all family business."