What might Trump do in North Korea?

[Moostache]

65. You over-estimate the restraint of the Chiefs...

They would likely see such an order as the ultimate test of loyalty to their oath and would execute it unhesitatingly. That is exactly why we have civilian control and authority over the military, because the very act of being in the military drums the humanity and reason out of the active participants. It is believed that there is no other way to be an effective fighting force than to adhere to a strict chain of command and following of orders without question.

Time and time again, from the time of the Greeks and Romans to the Ottomans and Napoleon to the conquest of the native peoples of North America, to the massacre pits of trench warfare, to the Nazi's and Stalin to My Lai and others, to Abu Gharib....history is replete with tales of the military's capacity for horrific action in the name of "orders". (Civilians in time of war have no better track record of compassion or restraint either...)

If it comes to shooting and we are taking heavy losses of life (as in the firebombing of Seoul and South Korea and Tokyo and Japan), then I do not see anything at all that would restrain our Orange SHit-gibbon "leader" from ordering a nuclear strike. And I do not see anything in the military culture or chain of command that would stop it either. They do not consider restraint or thoughtful contemplation part of the job description...