“We cannot start it; history will be very unkind to us if we do.”
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And what if they start it with an EMP attack against us to make sure that we don’t interfere? In this day and age of tuned nukes and hypersonic weapons (both of which we conspicuously lack, having done ZERO nuclear modernization in 3 decades), having the no-first-use policy initiated by Clinton is suicidal. On top of that, our subs CANNOT launch a retaliatory strike if communications are cut off, and that would be a very specific goal of an EMP strike. We could literally be destroyed as a power (let alone a superpower) in less than 1/2 hour, a by-product of our arrogance. Our WW2 leaders were similarly surprised by the Japanese that they woefully and arrogantly underestimated, and I fear that now with that entire generation gone we are about to repeat that same mistake…but with nukes, not torpedo planes.
We should announce that no-first-use is an old policy that will no longer govern our actions. Of course, having ice cream grandpa as POTUS* doesn’t exactly engender confidence in our strength or resolve.
“And what if they start it with an EMP attack against us to make sure that we don’t interfere?”
If they set off an EMP above the US — which is considered a nuclear first strike — our boomers are going to launch.
(We could literally be destroyed as a power (let alone a superpower) in less than 1/2 hour)
You are correct brother; such could put the USA into the Stone Age immediately.
The snowflakes couldn’t handle it. Cities would be no-go zones overnight.
I’m prepped a bit but not as much as I’d like to be.
Trump's presidency must have been just awful for him - no saber-rattling, no "bracing and invigorating" attacks on other countries, no weapons sales, no brinksmanship, no "regime change", no threatening other countries with our nukes.
(EMP)
EMP is what I was referencing there. I didn’t make that quite clear.