I feel an all out ban on planetary destruction is naive and premature, to maintain peace and security we absolutely must plan for worst case scenarios where a planet might need blowing up as a last resort, or to teach the Martian and Jovian slime not to fuck with Uncle Sam. Instead the president is test-firing marshmallow cannons, a weapon of no practical use... except maybe for rapid deployment of hot chocolate and smores to front lines of a conflict, which may have limited morale boosting effect but is far less advantageous then blowing up a planet. The CDC planned for a <a href="http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/">Zombie Apocalypse</a>, so at least someone up top is properly concerned.