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zebonaut

(3,688 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:53 AM Mar 2016

Why isn't anyone asking Trump if he will use Nuclear Weapons against ISIS?

Last edited Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:19 AM - Edit history (1)

And when years later they retaliate; will it be YOUR city?

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braddy

(3,585 posts)
1. Isis would destroy your city right this second if they could.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:56 AM
Mar 2016

Isis is not looking to retaliate, they are looking to attack, globally.

Maraya1969

(23,568 posts)
2. That is an answer from a sane person. I think the OP was just saying the he should be asked the
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:06 AM
Mar 2016

question just to hear his answer.

no_hypocrisy

(55,379 posts)
4. The Washington Post Asked Donald Trump If He Would Nuke ISIS. This Was His Response.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:07 AM
Mar 2016


RYAN: You [MUFFLED] mentioned a few minutes earlier here that you would knock ISIS. You’ve mentioned it many times. You’ve also mentioned the risk of putting American troop in a danger area. If you could substantially reduce the risk of harm to ground troops, would you use a battlefield nuclear weapon to take out ISIS?

TRUMP: I don’t want to use, I don’t want to start the process of nuclear. Remember the one thing that everybody has said, I’m a counterpuncher. Rubio hit me. Bush hit me. When I said low energy, he’s a low-energy individual, he hit me first. I spent, by the way he spent 18 million dollars’ worth of negative ads on me. That’s putting [MUFFLED]…

RYAN: This is about ISIS. You would not use a tactical nuclear weapon against ISIS?

[CROSSTALK]

TRUMP: I’ll tell you one thing, this is a very good looking group of people here. Could I just go around so I know who the hell I’m talking to?

http://www.motherjones.com/contributor/2016/03/why-do-they-call-it-ovaltine-it-isn't-even-oval-sad

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