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I don't believe the President can initiate nuclear war on his own orders.

 

That's how they win, baby

 

Do you mean to tell me somebody lied to a book author to make themselves look good!?!

 

Presumably any military order given by a demonstrably batshit lame duck could be construed as "unlawful."

In this specific case, starting WW III because president crazypants was angry seems like a good time to ignore him.

 

Oh look, it's Senator Raisedfist (Q-MO)

 

But I also think it would make sense to put all this to the test in a military court setting.

 

That’s supposed to be her book, so …

 

Reminder only Congress has power to declare war.

 

Reminder that the last time Congress declared war was for WW2. We’ve had a few situations since then that looked a lot like war, but apparently we’re not.

 

I'm fine with what Milley did, and I was on the record here of being super critical of him following the church gassing.
1. He made sure the U.S. military wasn't involved in a coup.
2. He acted as a buffer between a butt hurt madman and disaster.
3. He reassured a possibly trigger-happy adversary that despite the ramblings of a lunatic, we weren't going to launch an unprovoked strike, so they could stand down.

 

When someone is shooting in your direction, it really doesn't matter if there is a declaration of war or not.

 

Yeah, the typical hypothetical usage of nukes is an enemy launching them and us having 30 minutes to react.

Not sure there's a place for Congress in such situations.