Posted on 08/11/2017 2:58:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Fry ‘em.
Wait. Just weeks ago the Left was frothing at the mouth for a war with Russia.
Now all of sudden they get cold feet?
Democrats have the power to arm our enemies.
They did arm them with nukes!
We are fighting Nuclear War against our own Democrats,
so that the Democrats can fund their election.
Lovely.
Hey, Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch had that power, and he couldn’t get into college without quotas.
I’m betting on cruise missiles aimed at the main residence and the nuclear and rocket test facilities.
As I recall, it takes three people to authorize use of nuclear weapons. No President has the authority to do it on their own.
I think you are wrong, but who are the other two that the President has to ask, "Mother, May I?"
There are people who could block the order but that would be insubordination. Politico had an article on this today and, of course, it was scare mongering. According to that article, Haig and Kissinger where watching Nixon and would have “stepped in” if Nixon had gone bonkers in the last few days when Nixon was drinking heavily.
In order for Aegis or Thaad to work , they need to be up and running now with standing orders to shoot down any Nork missile that is launched. There is no time to do otherwise. So the Japanese Aegis ships need to be on full alert now. We aren’t sure whether we will have any prior warning of a launch. There is no way to know if a launch is a test or the real thing.
In order for Aegis or Thaad to work , they need to be up and running now with standing orders to shoot down any Nork missile that is launched. There is no time to do otherwise. So the Japanese Aegis ships need to be on full alert now. We aren’t sure whether we will have any prior warning of a launch. There is no way to know if a launch is a test or the real thing.
We will know whether a launch is the real thing by projecting its trajectory.
Nope. Just the President.
Any president does regardless of name or political party. That has been true since 1945.
“Remember the articles about this during the Obama administration?”
The thought of Obama even defending the USA is laughable.
True, but as soon as Congress gets back into town they will make a big show out of trying to limit his actions. A lot of republicans will join the democrats in doing so.
In an ICBM/SLBM launch scenario there are two launch officers in the chain that turn the keys after they receive a valid go code so that may be where you get the impression there are three people involved. But still one has the power to release the code, the POTUS.
Disobey a command like that and risk being shot, never mind court martial.
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