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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWolf Blitzer discussing US nuclear strike against North Korea
In 2017.
It almost happened.
Woodward book.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)to happen. I cannot see Trump leaving without setting one off. The temptation and arrogance is just too great.
KS Toronado
(17,220 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)25-ing him.
A nuclear strike is not something about which you can just say "Oopsie!" and then ask for a do-over.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)but soldiers follow orders, and we have the historical atrocities to prove it.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)And they are trained to recognize what those are. I know I was, and I'm not even an officer.
An unprovoked nuclear first strike is (or should be) an unlawful order.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)I give you Major Hering who dared ask the question:
How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?
It ended his 21 year career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Hering
Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)Suppose Trump wishes to attack Iran to stop development of a nuclear weapon, or because he believes they have one. Who will disobey him?
Sadly, the only person I can find who prevented/questioned a nuclear launch order was Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, and the Russians did not appreciate the fact that he had correctly prevented Doomsday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov