It's Hard to Hit a Moving Target When . . .

You are in a panic;

Everyone around you is in a panic;

The target may not be moving simply in a single dimension, it may be moving in two or more dimensions, and it is constantly changing form;

You are not sure whether the object that you have identified as the target is, indeed, the target at which you should be shooting; and

The President and majorities in both the House and the Senate must agree that the time has arrived for you to pull the trigger.