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Re: I have said it before and say it again,,,,,,,,,,We're Not Stupid - Top US Nuclear Commander Would Disobey "Illegal" Trump Orders 

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"Overwhelmingly, today's journalists disgust me."

Ditto that. The Russians have created these freaks. Active measures, stealth warfare works, it appears. Going to be just as difficult with the Islamists as it was with the Communists.


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Re: I have said it before and say it again,,,,,,,,,, "We're Not Stupid" - Top US Nuclear Commander Would Disobey "Illegal" Trump Orders
By: Decomposed
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Sun, 19 Nov 17 10:39 PM
Msg. 38897 of 47202

Why am I not surprised? As USUAL, the media "spun" something that happened in a direction that perpetuated its own liberal bias against the President. The General did not suggest that the President would issue an illegal order to use nuclear weapons. Rather, when asked what he would do in the hypothetical case that he did receive an illegal order, he answered the question. That's totally different.

Overwhelmingly, today's journalists disgust me.
 

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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday that he has given a lot of thought to what he would say if Mr. Trump ordered a strike he considered unlawful.

"I think some people think we're stupid," Hyten said in response to a question about such a scenario. "We're not stupid people. We think about these things a lot. When you have this responsibility, how do you not think about it?"

Hyten explained the process that would follow such a command. As head of STRATCOM, Hyten is responsible for overseeing the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

"I provide advice to the president, he will tell me what to do," Hyten added. "And if it's illegal, guess what's going to happen? I'm going to say, 'Mr. President, that's illegal.' And guess what he's going to do? He's going to say, 'What would be legal?' And we'll come up with options, with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that's the way it works. It's not that complicated." 

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