1982. Do you remember the USMC Captain who stopped an Israeli tank column with his .45, standing in their way and preventing them from moving up some long forgotten line of advance around Beirut? (He later quit the military over gays or women.) He was kind of kooky perhaps, and THAT time, he got away with it, acting unilaterally.
Imagine if the USA liason with the Russians had been a similar Dudley Do-Or-Die, when Clark had made the call to halt the Russian column. I wonder if the Ivans would have (I hope) just thrown a net over him before they moved out?
Sooner or later, Clark's get a nutty subordinate to carry out an insane plan, and havoc can result.
That's why Clark should NEVER get control of the nuclear football.
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BTW, your post deserves its own thread.
As for a separate thread, you're right; and I've made it so.