> I also said that nuclear war was also on the table.
Judging from what Pelosi has been doing, you are not alone with that concern. I hope there are enough people in between him and the actual button that would decide his order was unlawful.
Judging from what Pelosi has been doing, you are not alone with that concern. I hope there are enough people in between him and the actual button that would decide his order was unlawful.
There are -- the football is merely used to inform the relevant parties that the president has made the order, and, except for the submariners, those soldiers are probably aware of the events of the past 48h.
Now I need to ask my boys when they come back in...
Who knows what would happen. It's heartening that in multiple instances, both the US and USSR ignored positive and confirmed indications of massive incoming attack in the hopes they were erroneous.