***The “MAD Doctrine” is still in effect as long as we have nukes to “let fly” ... and the other nations in the world know it.***
It’s my understanding that ALL officers in the military serve at the pleasure of the president. What officer will give the order to return fire after Barack Hussein has said that we will not?
It’s my understanding that ALL officers in the military serve at the pleasure of the president. What officer will give the order to return fire after Barack Hussein has said that we will not?
I think where you're mistaken is that you think that there is something that Obama has said that indicates that if a nation launched nukes at us, that we wouldn't obliterate them.
There's nothing that says that, no change in wiping out someone who launches a nuclear strike against us.
If we get smacked down with nukes -- we're striking... that's the way it works. Those countries know it, Obama knows it and the American public knows it...
For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons or launched a crippling cyberattack.
You'll notice that the nations that are being spoken about here are the ones that couldn't launch a nuclear strike in the first place. It's saying that if you're "non-nuclear" and don't nuke us -- we're not going to nuke you.
There's nothig there that says, "If you're a nuclear power and launch nukes against us, or have nukes and use them against us -- we're not nuking y'all back."
It was also said ...
White House officials said the new strategy would include the option of reconsidering the use of nuclear retaliation against a biological attack, if the development of such weapons reached a level that made the United States vulnerable to a devastating strike.
In other words, if another kind of attack (other than nuclear) were used against us with the effect of degrading our nuclear capability, then "all bets are off" about us not using nukes against them.
I don't see anything that limits our use of nukes against those who would nuke us in the first place.