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Democrats have cut our military (and our weapons systems) to dangerous levels, while our enemies have been building up theirs. I have to stand with Trump on this. The primary responsibility of the Federal Government is national defense. Not welfare, not "protecting the planet," and not indoctrinating children with liberal garbage.
Our Navy has been cut to bare bones, and we have had to rely on previously retired aircraft to meet the needs of our military for planes. If you don't believe this, you need to do your research, because this has been covered in numerous articles over the past year. Obama and his party have done this. They have left us dangerously vulnerable.
Wrong. lets compare spending of US on the military to other countries?
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well, I have my opinion, and you have yours. Not sure why do you have to roll your eyes though.
I roll my eyes because some view Trump as some super businessman who never fails while his history presents a far different story plus the fact there's absolutely NO evidence having business experience makes for a good national leader. e.g. Harry Truman's business went broke but IMO he was a pretty damn good POTUS while the business whiz-kid Robert McNamara was a disaster as Secretary of Defense.
The president can't just grab the keys to the button and fire away. The Two Man rule - where you need two operators to launch a nuclear missile in order to prevent accidents - applies to the president, who needs joint authorization with the Secretary of Defense before the Joint Chiefs of Staff will recognize the order as lawful and pass it down the chain.
If the Secretary of Defense and others in the National Command Authority don't believe that the strike is being authorized legally, they will not give the president authority to initialize the launch.
I roll my eyes because some view Trump as some super businessman who never fails while his history presents a far different story plus the fact there's absolutely NO evidence having business experience makes for a good national leader. e.g. Harry Truman's business went broke but IMO he was a pretty damn good POTUS while the business whiz-kid Robert McNamara was a disaster as Secretary of Defense.
Well, secretary of defense should go to General Mattis, then you have nothing to worry about.
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Well, secretary of defense should go to General Mattis, then you have nothing to worry about.
I might believe that after someone makes a convincing argument about why our nuclear arsenal generally placed at somewhere between 5,000-7,000 warheads isn't sufficient to guarantee the existence of MAD that we were told so often guaranteed they'd never be used.
Putin has now boasted that his nukes are better than ours! We have a couple third graders going at it on the international stage.
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