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At one time I thought that our military would refuse an insane order... like launching nuclear missiles in weird circumstances.

17 Air Force officers stripped of authority to launch nuclear missiles

Hagel demands answers on 'rot' at Air Force nuclear missile base Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/09/hagel-demands-answers-on-rot-at-nuke-missile-base/#ixzz2WFUHL1Aq

Maybe, Barry got rid of those officers who - in a test drill - would not launch against his designated targets?

With all the things that have happened with this administration, I don't think this is paranoia. I don't care what everyone says.

Another thing I am questioning is the embarrassing Secret Service scandal in South America. Maybe, those guys were innocent and Barry and gang just needed to get rid of the most honest and high integrity guys by railroading them? Hillary did something similar with the Travel office.

Yes, he as been very systematic and fairly thorough. Not bad for someone his critics would like to believe is stupid.

However, consider what might be Ed Snowden's Revere-like act of defiance and the public's generally favorable reaction.

Perhaps those two factors together, call it the "Snowden effect", become that unforeseen force that derails their best laid plans, when those who can Just say NO to power.

Perhaps there will be no My Lais in America from the Army of the One, and they and we water the Liberty tree instead.

History channel had an interesting story the other night about the paranoia of the Russians during the late 1980’s, shortly after the downing of the Korean plane after it entered Russian air territory. The Russian Premeir was convince that Reagan was going to attack Russia. Paranoid old man!

Nato was having their annual war games meeting and the Russians thought this would be a good cover for a sneak attack. When the Russian satellites sounded an alarm that the USA had launched a missle toward Russia, This happened around 4 more times, that same evening, it’s a miracle that they didn’t retaliate.

Protocol required retaliation. The soldier who was on duty did not know for sure what was happening, but his military training had always been that if the USA launched an attack it would be massive designed to obliterate the USSR.

Instead of following protocol, he refused to retaliate which would have started WWIII, because he thought there must be an error. He was right, but I think he was releived of his command.

It wasn’t until the mole in Soviet Union advised his British handlers that we became aware of how close we came to Russia launching an all out nuclear retaliation on the USA.

Closer than anything since the Cuban Missle Crisis. Didn’t come to light until years later. Declassified now, but I don’t think it was ever widely reported.