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Posted On: 11/19/2017 12:56:50 PM
Yeah, no. I'm going to go with the guy who has " been trained for the past 36 years in the law of armed conflict, and mentioned the consideration of such elements as proportional response and unnecessary suffering that would be caused by such a conflagration."
Particularly in light of enormous gaps in knowledge displayed by a temperamentally unbalanced president.
Rest assured that Mattes, Kelly and the Chairman of the JC have weighed in, IF Trump even asked.
So Let Trump pull the trigger on Hyten and then let's hear Sarah 'Sneer' explain the laws of armed conflict to us.
THAT should be fun.
Particularly in light of enormous gaps in knowledge displayed by a temperamentally unbalanced president.
Rest assured that Mattes, Kelly and the Chairman of the JC have weighed in, IF Trump even asked.
So Let Trump pull the trigger on Hyten and then let's hear Sarah 'Sneer' explain the laws of armed conflict to us.
THAT should be fun.
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“If you execute an unlawful order, you will go to jail,” Air Force Gen. John Hyten told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia. “You could go to jail for the rest of your life.”
Hyten, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command who oversees America’s nuclear arsenal, spoke at a forum titled “Nukes: The Fire and the Fury,” as recorded in a video on the event’s Facebook page.
He didn’t define what exactly would constitute an illegal launch order. But Hyten said he has been trained for the past 36 years in the law of armed conflict, and mentioned the consideration of such elements as proportional response and unnecessary suffering that would be caused by such a conflagration.
In the event Trump suggests an illegal strike, Hyten described a scenario in which he would present Trump with legal choices.
“I provide advice to the president. He will tell me what to do,” Hyten said. “And if it’s illegal, guess what’s going to happen? I’m going to say, ‘Mr. President, that’s illegal.’ And guess what he’s going to do? He’s going to say, ‘What would be legal?’ And we’ll come up with options... a mix of capabilities.
to respond to whatever the situation is, and that’s the way it works. It’s not that complicated.”
“I think some people think we’re stupid,” he said. “We’re not stupid people. We think about these things a lot. When you have this responsibility, how do you not think about it? What people forget is that this is a military mission and military function.”
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