Now they’re “alarmed”. I don’t recall them ever being “alarmed” when the employee of the Muslim brotherhood was releasing 200 Jihadis from Gitmo over 8 years, or importing MS-13 gang members - the ISIS of South America - into the USA.
I better get to work on my bomb shelter right away.
Yes, and it would have been so much better with President Abedin having access to the nuclear code, eh?
Why even have a CINC then? Can you imagine a war that couldn’t be initiated until Congress decided it was OK? They would be rounded up by the conquering enemy even as they sat arguing about whether or not it was OK to fight and what restrictions could be put on us to insure the enemy was treated fairly and with respect....
Now they want to rewrite the constitution... again.
They know that their ‘legislation’ will not go anywhere. That is not their intent. Their intent is to sow doubt among the people who need to carry out Trump’s orders...so maybe they don’t do as told.
Sounds a lot like TREASON, at least to me.
No problem with the a##hat having this power yet trump comes in and they have a problem
What these a$$holes don’t get is that bellicose posturing is done to avoid war. Just observe male moose and how they try to intimidate the other, rather than actually fight.
His ability can’t be limited. The President is commander
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A president developed and approved the current procedure The current president can abolish or modify but likely will not without the advise of his military
It’s not a good idea for anyone to be able to authorize a nuclear first strike. The reason the President always has ready access to the nuke codes is to be able to retaliate in case of a surprise attack or if missiles/bombers are inbound. Perhaps a majority vote of a panel of carefully selected advisors. Even so I certainly wouldn’t put that decision in the hands of Congress.
- Mr. President! We have confirmeation that Iran has launched 24 nuclear armed ICBM's at the US.
- How much time do we have before they arrive?
- We have less than 30 minutes to retaliate sir.
- Better call congress into session and get a declaration of war.
- Congress is on break - everyone is away on vacation.
- Hmmm.....
- What do we do now sir?
- Okay - Bend over, stick your head between your legs and kiss your butt goodbye.
>>Alarmed by President Donald Trump’s bellicose statements and impulsive governing style, two congressional Democrats introduced legislation that would prohibit the president — any president — from launching a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war by Congress explicitly endorsing such an attack.
Pussyobama took a nuclear RESPONSE to a nuclear attack off the table during his presidency.
He sought to take our arsenal down to ZERO and toured the Russians through our missile facilities.
He was a traitor to this nation.
FUDNC
If President Harry S Truman had taken it to Congressional vote before striking Japan, they would’ve been alerted to the impending strike and done their damnedest to prevent those planes from coming ashore.
This would ENCOURAGE a first strike attack ON the USA and therefore increase the likelihood of nuclear war.
Hope the first missile hits Markey and Leiu right in there heads!
The Founders were great men, but they could not have envisioned a 24/7 news cycle, the Internet, cell phones and social media.
The news would be out there immediately, and we might be hit proactively.
In the “days of yore,” :), there was time for debate in Congress if the U.S. were threatened. Now, not so much.
I am sure President Trump is quietly conferring with advisors, the military, and probably some those in the House and Senate who he trusts not to spill the beans, should it come to that nightmare scenario.
Unconstitutional. The president is clearly defined as CinC and head of the armed forces. The only power congress has is the purse strings. They cannot limit his control of the military other than war power act and declaration of war.
It’s almost funny that two congressional Democrats would mention the Constitution.
All they care about is nukes? They ring hollow all things considered. The president has full authority to act while Congress stays indecisive.