Hypothetical question: an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. You don't know for sure if it will hit, but you're pretty sure that if it does hit, it will be exceedingly bad. As the supreme authority on Earth, what resources are you willing to sacrifice to try and blow it up or divert it?
edit: Never mind, I read your answer up above. Well, anyway, a judgment call.
It sounds like a really interesting idea for a computer game: you're the president of the world, and an asteroid may or may not be going to hit the planet in so many years. Can you bring the planet's resources to bear in time to prevent it? Can you develop the technology and send the mission without bankrupting society and causing mass unrest? Can you delay that preparation and develop better technology to figure out if the asteroid will really hit?
Or do you play the villain, letting the asteroid hit, but building fallout shelters to survive with your friends while everyone else perishes? Can you do that without the populace catching on? Can you get it done in time? Can you outlast the "asteroid winter"?
Wow, that is a really cool idea! Usually I don't like political games but this seems like it could actually be fun and avoid preachiness, all while exploring the high level social planning issues.
edit: Never mind, I read your answer up above. Well, anyway, a judgment call.