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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
2. They probably won't care as long as OTHERS get vaporized.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:38 PM
Nov 2016

Few Americans seemed to blink an eye over the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed over Dumbya's idiotic invasion.

Lots of Americans will have a quick change in what they consider "important issues" if we're hit by nuclear bombs instead, obviously.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
5. Yeah. And there are lots of people that joke about making the middle east a glass parking lot.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:18 PM
Nov 2016

Except, they are not joking. They have no problem with that.

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)
3. Not a trump humper, but ....
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:42 PM
Nov 2016

isn't it better that one asks the question rather than just do it? Do you think asking a question is bad?

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
4. tRump is older than me, but it was never a question I would ask.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:16 PM
Nov 2016

The answer to me is obvious. I remember fallout shelters and the old duck and cover. To me, it is all scary shit, and if someone has to ask why, then they are fucking clueless.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
7. ...
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:38 PM
Nov 2016

You asked a question (actually two), and I answered them with my opinion. I don't know what your answer/opinion is to the questions. Maybe you feel differently, but I feel the person running for the highest office in the land should understand the consequences of using nuclear weapons.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
8. So what answer were you looking for? Benedict Donald is of the generation that knows ....
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:38 PM
Nov 2016

...nukes can obliterate the Earth. The question should be, "Why in the name of all that's holy would he even broach the idea?" It gives an interesting window into his psyche, don't you think?

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
11. We're not talking about a person in the abstract. We're talking specifically:
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 09:18 PM
Nov 2016

about Trump and his puerile "If we have it why can't we use it". If he needs to be told he shouldn't be within 100 miles of the nuclear football.

kentuck

(111,101 posts)
13. Also, he talked of torture as a very trivial matter...
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:24 PM
Nov 2016

He mocked those that were against "water-boarding".

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