Posted on 01/09/2021 2:36:04 AM PST by caww
Flirtation with thermonuclear heat is ill-inclined to be in the nation's better interest.
I say this in light of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement on Friday that she has spoken "to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike." A spokesperson for Milley says that the chairman simply briefed Pelosi on the nuclear command authority.
This is very silly stuff from Pelosi. In fact, it's dangerous.
Pelosi should know far better than to make these comments.
Third-in-line to the presidency, Pelosi has been given a 'limited briefing'on the nuclear command authority... Part of the continuity of government plans,... this briefing is designed to ensure that Pelosi could command the nation's nuclear forces in the event that President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence were incapacitated. Pelosi also knows that there is good reason for the president's unilateral nuclear command authority. Namely, the exigent national interest in situating nuclear weapons policy at the merging point of speed-of-action and credibility of delivery.
Pelosi's comment is silly for another reason. It is pointless and obviously designed to summon the partisan furies.
The speaker recognizes that there is a near-zero chance of Trump starting a nuclear war on an insane foundation.
Put simply, the nuclear football is a very poor choice as a partisan football. The stakes for America and the world are simply too great to play games here.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Were the Nuclear launch codes on Nancy’s Laptop that was stolen?
Nevertheless, the optics are dripping, red meat for her large base. Do I smell a scent of a Nobel Peace Prize in the air?
Seizing on every communists dream, rule the world?
Term limits please.
No but a lot of political dirt is probably on her laptop.
I bet it’s not very secure because she’s an old drunk.
This story is accurate and speaks to how over the ledge she’s gone.
But Cocaine-China Mitch is desperate to stop President Trump from a major declass too.
A crescendo is building to something.
LOL Plasticface Psychopath
The laptops were stolen on purpose in order to have the evidence on them destroyed. This is all coordinated.
She probably doesn’t even have any bomb pops in her million dollar freezer.
Yeah, not buying any of that noise.
If they land up on WikiLeaks I’ll laugh. There’s a reason Pelosi has gone batshite amd this may be one of them.
True McGruff, true.
We should have nuked the PRCs after the 1st few hundred Americans were murdered via covid. How many now have died world wide? Slow death or fast one? I know what I’d rather have.
Are we sure this was asked in regards to Trump?
For one thing, the codes are changed daily.
No....A letter in an envelope on her desk.
......”A crescendo is building to something”......
It’s certainly in the air...how and what will manifest itself remains to be seen. We can be certain that we haven’t a clue of the behind scenes going on.....except it’s nasty business no matter how it’s sliced.
Yes but she really doesn’t care now about the base....it’s all optics and show now.
It was a standard briefing done during a Presidential transition.. Pelosi just added her own drama to it.
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