The A Team: If I were to have a pet, it would have to be an Ewok.

If aliens were to land on the front lawn of the White House, I would panic. But that is just me. The government’s response should be a bit better than mine. For starters, what type of aliens are they? If they are the aliens form Alien, then we are in trouble. If aliens like ET landed on the White House lawn, then we might be okay. But to start off I’ll discuss the worst case scenario.

If aliens were to land on the front lawn of the White House and were not the friendly types, the US would be in all out “shoot em up” mode. The realist in everyone will suddenly appear, but so would the identity of being an American. Just like after 9/11, almost all Americans rallied under the same identity. The same would go for an alien invasion. Our main concern would be securing the nation from this new threat. Depending on the magnitude of the invasion, the military would be called in, DC would be in lockdown, nukes might be launched, who knows. All I know is that we would be fighting a war against alien technology as if the movies teach us anything, it is that aliens cannot be defeated until half the population is dead. Meanwhile, the rest of the world has some more time so they can consider more options. The world could try to fight against the aliens with the US under the identity of a citizen of Earth, or they could try to make peace with the attackers of the US and watch us die. The world could take a more liberal approach to the situation since time is on their side. The United States however would not be as fortunate since we would be fighting off an invasion against unknown powers.

Now if the aliens were all cute and cuddly like the Ewoks, we would be better off. If the ewoks wanted to land on the front lawn of the White House, we have two options. We could either make peace and live together, (which would be AMAZING!!!!) or we could kick them off Earth and assert our authority. But the difference from the first, bad scenario is that we have some time to consider our plan of action. The Ewoks, though able to take down the entire Galactic Empire from their own planet (Star Wars Episode VI), would be in an environment unlike Endor, therefore they do not have any sort of attack advantage. The US could take a more liberal approach to finding a solution. The world, meanwhile, would probably watch and sees how this all plays out.

Now to wrap this all up, aliens are crazy. We do not know anything about them so to guess a response of a ship landed is impossible but like PTJ said it is better than discussing the possible end to the entire global economy. So to end on a lighter note, I present...............

THE CHEWBACCA DEFENSE