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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump spokesperson okay with using nukes
Excerpt from Raw Story
A spokesperson for Donald Trumps 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 OReilly 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 countrys nuclear strike capability known as the nuclear triad.
What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if youre afraid to use it? Pierson asked.
Appearing on The OReilly 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 countrys nuclear strike capability known as the nuclear triad.
What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if youre 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
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spin
(17,493 posts)1. If you are forced to use nuclear weapons they have failed their purpose. ...
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
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 ...
of the nuclear weapons.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)3. Exactly Righter.
What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if youre afraid to use it?
Eisenhower, Nixon, the Dulles brothers, Reagan, Bush I, ...ALL thought nuclear war was winnable.