(November 19, 2017 at 11:16 am)Brian37 Wrote:(November 19, 2017 at 1:24 am)AFTT47 Wrote: I think most of you have probably heard of this.
As much as I despise the circus clown who currently occupies the oval office, this kind of talk disturbs me. The whole point of the President having the sole authority to let the nuclear missiles fly is that you can't afford to get into a partisan debate when the shit hits the fan. Action needs to be taken NOW! You can't be in a horizontal position with your pants down when the enemy is raining down nuclear destruction on you. You MUST respond. The enemy must know that you WILL respond. That knowledge keeps them from starting shit in the first place.
If I was one of the U.S. Air Force officers sitting in the bunkers with my hands on the buttons which would launch the missiles, I would definitely prefer that my ultimate commander would be someone other than a jackass I have no respect for. Even in that case though, I would have to follow orders unless those orders were very clearly unethical. It has to be that way. You MUST be willing to destroy the enemy and they must be confident that you will. That is how you deter them in the first place.
Ironically, this is an argument for hawks to never vote for a clown like Trump. He is a danger to national security because he has so little confidence in those he commands. Even if he gives the order, the utter lack of respect and lack of confidence in him will probably result in mass disobedience of his orders.
Regardless of political ideology, a President MUST command a certain level of respect in order to be an effective leader. Trump only commands respect from FUCKING IDIOTS.
Far from being a strongman who his idiot supporters hope him to be, Trump is a weak man who invites attack on us. Our enemies know he is jackass. They will manipulate him accordingly.
Are you kidding me? IT IS PRECISELY because that inept fuck has control that someone needs to have a check on him.
FYI it does not matter who fires the first nuke, friend or foe, that will hurt EVERYONE, friend and foe. Nobody wins in a global nuclear war. REAGAN AND JFK new this.
I think it is a bit naive to assume if we fire ours first, or in response, that there will be a planet left over for us or them to control.
Nuclear war is a no win situation. It is mutual destruction.
The world could survive a nuclear war, depending on the targets and the concentration and the size of the bombs. It could probably handle 500 or so smaller sized bombs without too much trouble. However, if it got into the thousands we would be in a world of hurt. Remember, we used to drop nukes on our troops all the time and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were rebuilt within weeks.
