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Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 01:02 PM Dec 2015

Trump spokesperson okay with using nukes

Excerpt from Raw Story

A spokesperson for Donald Trump’s front running GOP presidential campaign lashed out at his fellow Republican candidates for saber-rattling about war — inferring that they are all talk and no action — before wondering whether it does the U.S. any good to have nuclear weapons if our leaders are afraid to use them.

Appearing on The O’Reilly Factor, Trump spokesperson Katrina Pearson hammered at the other candidates while covering for her boss who, in a recent debate, was stumped when asked the country’s nuclear strike capability known as the “nuclear triad.”

“What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you’re afraid to use it?” Pierson asked.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/trump-spokesperson-why-bother-having-nuclear-weapons-if-youre-afraid-to-use-them/

Looks like insanity is the new normal.
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Trump spokesperson okay with using nukes (Original Post) Cyrano Dec 2015 OP
If you are forced to use nuclear weapons they have failed their purpose. ... spin Dec 2015 #1
Try telling that to the Trump Cyrano Dec 2015 #2
The theory of mutually assured destruction only works when sane people are in charge ... spin Dec 2015 #4
Exactly Righter. Octafish Dec 2015 #3

spin

(17,493 posts)
1. If you are forced to use nuclear weapons they have failed their purpose. ...
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 01:49 PM
Dec 2015

Nuclear weapons are supposed to be a deterrent.

The idea is called MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). It's well named.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
2. Try telling that to the Trump
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 01:59 PM
Dec 2015

imbecile quoted above.

If she and her boss, "The Donald," really believe this crap, they belong in straight jackets.

For that matter, I wouldn't trust Cruz anywhere near our nuclear arsenal. All his education aside, he's a fundie who probably really believes all the poison he spews.

spin

(17,493 posts)
4. The theory of mutually assured destruction only works when sane people are in charge ...
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 02:18 PM
Dec 2015

of the nuclear weapons.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
3. Exactly Righter.
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 02:13 PM
Dec 2015

“What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you’re afraid to use it?”

Eisenhower, Nixon, the Dulles brothers, Reagan, Bush I, ...ALL thought nuclear war was winnable.

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