Very unprofessional...needs his ass kicked as well.
Please read beyond the headline. I spent 20 years in the Army, with a good part of it being in nuclear capable artillery units. There is a procedure for the authorization for the use of nuclear weapons that is to be followed. This general is, in my view, saying that he will follow procedures and 2) read the 3d paragraph:
“I provide advice to the president, he will tell me what to do,” Hyten said. “And if it’s illegal, guess what’s going to happen? I’m going to say, ‘Mr. President, that’s illegal.’ And guess what he’s going to do? He’s going to say, ‘What would be legal?’ And we’ll come up options, with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that’s the way it works. It’s not that complicated.”
These liberal reporters are asking leading questions to cause trouble and bait reactions such as yours. If I were still in and the president ordered me to kill civilians or prisoners of war, I would refuse to obey him because such an order is illegal under the UCMJ. Thus am I a ‘perfumed prince’ or ‘deserved to get my ass kicked’ because I refused to obey an illegal order?
Must be an O’Bambi hold over...Retire his @$$
If you read the whole thing, the general is right, the headline is bullshit and is NOT what the general said nor meant.