Will Bush Push The Nuclear Button Down?
I put the odds at about 50/50. Think about it…
The question we should all be pondering is what happens when after you place a mediocre narcissist quite literally at the center of the world for a while, the clock ticks inevitably to the time when that will no longer be the case. How will he behave?
– Duncan Black aka Atrios
Even you Bush lovers have to admit that he has a point.
I’m not a Bush lover….but I do think you’re retarded.
The odds of Bush using a nuclear weapon are infinity to zero.
We have the capacity to decimate any region of the earth using conventional weapons (thanks for the upgrades Donny Rumsfeld!!!)
I have you down as a “no nukes.” I hope you are right, but like I said – it is a coin flip.
Jason,
It’s not even close. No western power will use a nuclear weapon on a national population again. Japan was a one-off….okay a two-off, but we simply have realized they are good for threats only. The only possible use in the future might be small scale tactical warheads against non-nation entities (we should have dropped them down the caves of Tora Bora), but we won’t use the real ones against North Korea or Iran, or any other established and recognized government. Not a chance.
Have to go with the feral one on this
Even if you assume that dubya wanted to push the button, do you realize just how many people have to actually go along with it
Read the Final Days about how careful everyone was with Nixon in that regard
Somebody’s fairly detached from reality and in this case it ain’t GWB
You could fill a book with shit a President was not supposed to be able to do that Bush did.
Plus I think we all agree that he is nuts.
50/50. It’s a toss up.
You really have no comprehension of how things work, do you?
I’d say the odds are around 3 to 1.
Cowboy up!
As Hitler came to the end of his reign he became more and more desperate. Some of the great technology we use today was invented during and because of that desperation.
One has only to see the faked Iranian speedboat incident to understand that if any provocation could possible be used to justify a big explosion, Cheney would allow it to be done.
Steve is right that a lot of people would normally have to sign on. But we are forgetting that this administration likes bypass everything required by law and install its own players in a chain of command so it matters little what 96% of the country thinks. Are we forgetting that there is still a missing nuclear weapon still out there, from the Barksdale incident August 30 this year?
Bottom line. The only thing possible that can or will insure that no nuke be discharged by this administration is the constant vigilance and outcry by the citizens of this country.
We have met the enemy and he appointed himself Vice President…..
Feralkid’s childlike innocence is charming though.
You really have no comprehension of how things work, do you?
funny coming from a wing nut that wont choose between saving a new born babies or frozen eggs in a burning hospital
In 2002, we supposedly had Osama bin Laden holed up in the caves in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan. Rather than use BGM-109 SLCMs with nuclear warheads to completely seal up all of the entrances — a reasonable use of the weapons — President Bush relied on conventional high-explosive weapons, and Mr bin Laden got away.
If President Bush didn’t use nuclear weapons then, when he had the vast majority of the country behind him, in a situation where nuclear weapons would be at their most useful (other, of course, than in trying to obliterate a city ), the odds that he would use them in any other fashion are pretty small.
Dana,
What cave in tora bora have you ben living in?
Bin Laden got away because Bush got a hard on to attack another country that had nothing to do with 9/11. All of the special forces that were hours away from Bin Ladin got shipped out to….hmmm….what country was that…?
Facts
It is on the tip of my tongue.
Notice my comment has a link to actual facts, but yours is just plain pulled out of your ass.
“funny coming from a wing nut that wont choose between saving a new born babies or frozen eggs in a burning hospital”
Funny, coming from a dumb wop who won’t recognize that isn’t a valid possibility (except where union lazy fcks have failed to install working sprinklers!)
And jason330, your childlike imagination is what got you in this mess. Most of us got past those fifth grade nightmares that the world would actually blow up thanks to any superpower.
I repeat (mostly because you’re a bunch of nits), no superpower will ever again detonate a nuclear weapon against a legitimate and recognized government.
You have no comprehension of what goes on in the real international political world
You simply jerk off and type.
Your childlike innocence is inspiring. It no doubts serves to protect you from this confusing world of grown up talk.
We thought all ‘options’ are on the table, FK. Or are your leaders liars and/or fear mongers?
BTW – you get sucked in way too easily…hehe…
BTW, donwappo, here’s the answer to your tugjob question….
If I could only save one group, I’d save the babies.
Then I’d hold a memorial for the lost embryos.
I’d make you attend.
I’d make you give a name to each one and say a prayer.
And if you failed to show tears for the gravity of the situation….
I’d kick you in the f.cking balls until you spat blood and tears started rolling.
You like?
Oh… a tough guy. You’d better take it easy. DV was a navy seal, or …wait a second…
Anyway, he was in the Navy and your millions of hours of playing Ghost Recon don’t count toward actual service.
Hey FK, it ain’t hypothetical; frozen embryos are destroyed all the time – how many memorial services have you attended?
How many microscopic Americans have you adopted?
thought so
“how many memorial services have you attended?”
I pray for them every Sunday.
“DV was a navy seal, or ……was in the Navy”
Here’s a clue about the likelihood of that, Blossom…..DON’T TELL……AND I WON’T ASK!
Ghost Recon.
Sorry, chump. Last time I played video games, Atari was the king of the hill.
I do enjoy hearing about all you GenX fags who sprain your thumbs wasting away in front of the new systems, but it just doesn’t pique my interest.
Missle Command.
Still does not count. Thanks for playing.
@feral
Give it up. They got you. You have just been liberally f*^ed up the butt! EVEN AFTER VC’s WARNING. Jeeze, give it up.
Missle Command was tough…
Didn’t have Missile Command. Saw it at K-mart, didn’t like it.
Breakout, Golf, Casino, Space Invaders. Pitfall was the last I recall.
VC’s warning??? hahaha. Does it crick your neck to blow yourself?