Does anyone think this moron is actually going to consult with anyone when he flips out and punches in the launch codes?
@tmbrown327 Not quite that simple: he's got to at least "consult" with the guy carrying the "football", who's probably making himself hard to find, if he's smart.
@mcfate @tmbrown327
I bet those kinds of safeguards existed when Mattis, Kelly, McMaster etc. were around, anyway.
Well, like I said, I could get anxious about it, or I could simply recognize that there's not a lot I can DO about it and get on with things.
I might be the laziest person on Earth, I'm REALLY picky about the things I expend energy on.
@mcfate @YineDeYap Probably a good thing that we all have different schedules of when we get wound up about stuff.
@mcfate @tmbrown327
True, I know there's nothing I can do about it except do my tiny part to try to remove him from office.
I think about it, still. Mostly these days just mentally rehearsing how it might be, not worrying per se.
@YineDeYap @mcfate They really didn't. He's authorized, he'd just remove them all until he got the things launched.
@tmbrown327 @mcfate
I had a bit of a fantasy involving a marble bookend and a "My god, sir, what's that behind you?!"
@YineDeYap @mcfate It'd be the sir part that'd get him.
@tmbrown327 You talk as though there's no one around but the two of them, like there aren't another half dozen people watching that briefcase like hawks.
They arranged to make it impossible for Nixon to unilaterally start a nuclear war when he started drinking heavily. I wouldn't be surprised if the "unilaterality" of Caligula's ability to destroy the entire planet doesn't have a few extracurricular safeguards.
In any case, I can't do shit about it, so why worry?