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DONALD TRUMP OPEN TO NUCLEAR RETALIATION AFTER BRUSSELS ATTACK
CBS News ^ | March 24, 2016 | Reena Flores

Posted on 03/24/2016 2:15:41 PM PDT by Steelfish

DONALD TRUMP OPEN TO NUCLEAR RETALIATION AFTER BRUSSELS ATTACK

Reena Flores CBS News March 24, 2016 Donald Trump is not ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the U.S. fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to an interview with the GOP front-runner that aired on Bloomberg TV Wednesday.

Asked if he would consider nuclear retaliation after this week's terror attacks in Brussels, Trump responded: "Well, I'm never gonna rule anything out. And I wouldn't wanna say. Even if I felt -- it wasn't going -- I wouldn't wanna tell you that because, at a minimum, I want them to think maybe that we would use it."

"The fact is that we need unpredictability," Trump said of his openness to using nuclear weapons. "When you ask a question like that, it's a very - it is a very sad thing to have to answer it because the enemy is watching and I have a very good chance of winning. I frankly don't want the enemy to know how I'm thinking. But with that being said, I don't rule out anything."

When pressed on whether he would have utilized America's nuclear capabilities after September 11, Trump said that he would only have used it as a "last resort."

During his interview, Trump emphasized that terrorists "are winning" and "we don't do anything about it."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: knarf
a big YEP!
Don't bring nail clippers or a file on a plane because we could use it to take it down.
Islamonazi’s have made throw out common sense.
Anyone who acts belligerent on a plane is tackled and detained by the passengers.
81 posted on 03/24/2016 2:44:11 PM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Cyman

Air delivery of “the gift that keeps on giving”; Plutonium..


82 posted on 03/24/2016 2:44:47 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Steelfish

Ttrump gave the right answer. Never show your hand to the sworn enemy.


83 posted on 03/24/2016 2:45:02 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Steelfish

I don’t agree, but we’ll just have to wait and see.


84 posted on 03/24/2016 2:45:09 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination. - Sowell)
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To: Mr. K
Exactly.

And that's how you silence all this BS.

85 posted on 03/24/2016 2:45:25 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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To: Steelfish

Actually this is one of the more intelligent things Trump has said in an interview. He is saying basically why tell our enemies what we will do and what we won’t do. The title is misleading as hell. I’m a Cruz supporter by the way.


86 posted on 03/24/2016 2:46:14 PM PDT by willk (everyone)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

Its not 1964 - expect different reactions.


87 posted on 03/24/2016 2:46:24 PM PDT by Gasshog (I chose other women over Hillary - You should too!)
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To: sheik yerbouty

I still love that song. Combat Rock!


88 posted on 03/24/2016 2:46:30 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet
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89 posted on 03/24/2016 2:46:38 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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To: Steelfish
Seemed like a thoughtful answer to me.

What a propagandist headline.

You're dutifully carrying water...

90 posted on 03/24/2016 2:46:58 PM PDT by sargon (Go, Trump, Go!)
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To: Steelfish

“And we all know how Goldwater fared in the general election.”

Yeah, those of us old enough to have witnessed it remember John Kennedy being assassinated less than a year before the election.

With the consensus being that no one was going to defeat Johnson riding the coattails of the martyred Kennedy.

But go ahead and keep posting Lyndon Johnson’s old propaganda, the just-give-up Left still loves it and it suits you.


91 posted on 03/24/2016 2:47:21 PM PDT by Pelham (more than election. Revolution)
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To: M Kehoe

IMHO, the Azoic Era would be more effective..


92 posted on 03/24/2016 2:47:22 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Steelfish
This ass is definitely going to lose the general election

Perhaps Trump should've hit the dance floor, instead of ISIS like Hussein 0bama, just show that he is "serious"?

When ISIS hits us with a dirty bomb, or worse - an Iranian, NORK or black market soviet nuke, we have to be prepared for full retaliation.

93 posted on 03/24/2016 2:48:37 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Baraq Hussein 0bama has made AMERICANS CITIZENS second class occupants in their own country.)
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To: Pelham

I was told if I didn’t vote for Johnson, we’d have riots in the streets and get into a long, unwinnable war. Well I didn’t vote for Johnson, and darned if they weren’t right.


94 posted on 03/24/2016 2:49:30 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Pelham

Yes, there are little nukes, but why? But please bring your data forth.


95 posted on 03/24/2016 2:50:42 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Steelfish

ISIS isn’t a country. Its evil, destructive terrorists are located all over the world.

So where would Donald Trump drop a nuclear bomb if he wanted to destroy ISIS? On Brussels? On London? On San Diego?

It’s not enough that Donald Trump has given Hillary and the Democrats ammunition to attack him as a racist, misogynist, and xenophobe, he’s now given them the opportunity to portray him as Dr. Strangelove.

Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth, Hillary becomes more and more inevitable in her quest for the White House.


96 posted on 03/24/2016 2:52:07 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: MamaB

truer words were never spoken. They already use our govt against us.
Simply infiltrate a PC country, and start an organization like CAIR where everyone who raises a red flag about Muslim immigration is demonized.

Terrorists win.


97 posted on 03/24/2016 2:54:21 PM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Jeff Chandler

start by nuking Medina,... then tell them mecca is next if they don’t cut the crap

And from that day forward, Jerusalem is neutral territory- all faiths can come as long as they come in peace AND submit to search for explosives...


98 posted on 03/24/2016 2:54:46 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump/???)
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To: Bluestocking
Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth, Hillary becomes more and more inevitable in her quest for the White House.

********************

On the contrary, imho, it makes him an even more attractive candidate, but we shall see.

99 posted on 03/24/2016 2:54:50 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Steelfish

Medina first, as a warning.

Then Mecca.


100 posted on 03/24/2016 2:55:57 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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