because one of the things the president is actually allowed to do is launch a nuclear weapon with no approvals
Yes and no…
This would be the case if there was a bolt out of the blue attack, like a nuclear powered entity sent a missile our way, the President, or whoever is next in the chain of succession line would be offered several targeting packages; specially, given that any response would guarantee reciprocal attacks from various countries. I think right now, you are more likely to have the military offering caution on the use of weapons, with all the simulations on what would happen next. I don’t doubt China and Russia have already talked to Trump about the use of nukes in Iran, and what would happen to America. That’s why they are trying to destroy the nuclear facility within Iran, to make a dirty bomb.
True. But I feel like if it had been Trump’s decision to make, he would have nuked afghanistan during his first term, and then Iran during the opening salvo of last year’s war, or during this round.
Yes and no…
This would be the case if there was a bolt out of the blue attack, like a nuclear powered entity sent a missile our way, the President, or whoever is next in the chain of succession line would be offered several targeting packages; specially, given that any response would guarantee reciprocal attacks from various countries. I think right now, you are more likely to have the military offering caution on the use of weapons, with all the simulations on what would happen next. I don’t doubt China and Russia have already talked to Trump about the use of nukes in Iran, and what would happen to America. That’s why they are trying to destroy the nuclear facility within Iran, to make a dirty bomb.
Noted proceduralists, the Trump administration
True. But I feel like if it had been Trump’s decision to make, he would have nuked afghanistan during his first term, and then Iran during the opening salvo of last year’s war, or during this round.