It seems to me that if there is a true national crisis, then we don’t need to think about it, we don’t need to debate it, we don’t need to schedule a TV announcement in the future, and we don’t need to pontificate. If there is a true national crisis, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor or the attack on September 11th, then we know it, it is plain and obvious, and we act on it immediately. The longer it takes to debate whether something is or is not a national crisis strongly suggests that it is not.
