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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1050238)	1/23/2018 6:10:38 PM
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“A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?” Ronald Reagan, 1984 State of the Union Impulsive Child President: 'If we have them, we can't we use them?' … Three times, in an hour briefing, 'Why can't we use nuclear weapons?'” ..... Bruce Blair, a former nuclear launch officer who has devoted his life since to raising warnings about the weapons, said, “The thought of Donald Trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. It should scare everyone.” ............... There is no one who has to confirm a nuclear launch order, no one who has to certify that the man giving the order is of sound mind, no congressional leader or Cabinet secretary who has to countersign the order. The 25th Amendment, which allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to temporarily strip the president of his powers, is slow and cumbersome. “All the previous worries about the potential of a deranged president to use a nuclear button irrationally have been multiplied,” says Ron Rosenbaum, who authored a book on nuclear war entitled How the End Begins. “He has no sense of history, of nuclear deterrence, etc., etc. Only his own impulsiveness separates us from nuclear war.” .......... “If he gave the command, his executing commanders would have no legal or procedural grounds to defy it no matter how inappropriate it might seem,” concludes Bruce Blair, a Princeton scholar who has dedicated his life to understanding our nation’s nuclear apparatus. “There is no wiggle room for evasion or defiance of the president’s orders.” .......... politico.com The right recommendation on Fox News could get him to launch a midnight nuclear war.