Posted on 12/31/2018 11:31:02 PM PST by BenLurkin
US Strategic Command, the unified military force that controls the launch of nuclear weapons, tweeted an unusual New Year's Eve message on Monday featuring B-2 bombers dropping 30,000-pound conventional weapons at a test range.
"#TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball...if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger," the tweet from US Strategic Command's official account said.
The post, later deleted, included a sizzle reel initially released earlier this year, showing a B-2 bomber dropping "a pair of conventional Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) at a test range," the Pentagon said.
A Strategic Command spokesperson, Navy Capt. Brook Dewalt, told CNN that the post is "part of our recap of command priorities" and is all about reassuring the American people that the US military is ready at all times, even on New Year's Eve.
Later Monday, Strategic Command tweeted: "Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste & does not reflect our values. We apologize. We are dedicated to the security of America & allies."
"I think it's very tacky," Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, a member of the House Armed Services Committee told CNN.
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What’s coming at him and his colleagues is not a threat. It’s reality. They will only live their delusion shortly.
If somehow we can get new explosives like that it'll be as revolutionary as moving from black powder to gunpowder.
Somebody said this puke was the one who issued the threat to ICE.
Yep, Gaylego Fudgebuster sure did:
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/31/ruben-gallego-dem-rep-warns-ice-officers-when-worm/
REMF ,or way too much estrogen laced soy chai skinny latte.
That blowed up real good! Like this newbie. I left the thread open because I figured a zot was ocming. The thread is gone - I could give you other threads this person posted on.
They didn’t want the wall. LOL - wrong place for that
https://www.freerepublic.com/~phobiaphobic/
I called the ZOT on him and the mods still have the thread “under review”. Coupla hours now.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3716618/posts?page=94#94
I guess that’s one way to write an opus.
It would be great to be able to feed, clothe and house the world (the non-criminals).
People have this fantasy that one nation can do all that. I have no doubt there are some bad places in the world.
The liberals are all generous as long as it comes from “somewhere”. Guess they can’t figure out that W bankrupted the nation trying to nation-build Iraq and Afghanistan. Then we got Obama. And then W and Obama became friends.
America, meanwhile, is on the edge of $22 trillion in debt PLUS unfunded liabilities of much, much more. We know how this ends. It ends the same way it always ends.
Guess they could take their own checkbooks down to the border and start handing out a check to everyone.
Maybe then they might snag a clue along the way.
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