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 I don't think a mid-level officer is going to do anything controversial when cadet bone-spurs whistles him over. He'll just open the brief case as ordered.
@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?
@mcfate @tmbrown327
I bet those kinds of safeguards existed when Mattis, Kelly, McMaster etc. were around, anyway.
@YineDeYap @mcfate They really didn't. He's authorized, he'd just remove them all until he got the things launched.
@YineDeYap @mcfate It'd be the sir part that'd get him.
@tmbrown327 @mcfate
I had a bit of a fantasy involving a marble bookend and a "My god, sir, what's that behind you?!"