and reduce them to flinders at high noon, no warning, no comment, no apology.
You will have to wait for the Islamist terrorist lover is out of OUR White House for that to happen.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, LeMay released the weapons and got every B52 in the air. The ones based in Europe started running “racetracks” toward the Soviet border, approach, then turn around, to turn back and approach again.
He did this without Kennedy’s knowledge or approval. I can imagine that if a Banshee sutrveillance plane saw a missile plume from Cuba that LeMay would have said, GO! before Jack and Bobby, sitting in the cafe, learned of it.
During the Alabama Maersk pirate crisis, the Seals were told not to fire, but when a clear shot presented, they did.
The Oval office cannot (and was not set up to) control everything. If it’s worth a Colonel’s career to ask for a birth cert, what’s unloading a bay full of HE worth?