<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">No. There are no checks and balances on that process.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">spike</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Well, there needs to be. for John - in an emergency, such as when the pres is informed that missiles are on the way, I can see letting one man do that. For a planned attack we should change the way it's handled. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">No one man should have that power.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><br></span></p></font><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I can see now why y'all are so inflamed about Trump and nuclear attacks by us. </span></p></font><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:18.6667px">Live and learn - thanks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">bill w</span></p></font></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 4:48 PM, John Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Sun, May 15, 2016 William Flynn Wallace </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><span style="color:windowtext"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>My guess is that no president (or cannot?) do it alone. They need backing. If the Cabinet members and the military all agree with the pres, then what can one do? If they all disagree, then I think no pres would (could?) order strikes. Maybe Trump would try to go it alone, but I have to doubt even that.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">All the Cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the President, he hired them and he can fire them whenever he wants, and Trump is not shy about firing people. And the same goes for the top military brass, the president outranks them all. As for Trident Submarine Commanders, their knowledge of current events will be 2 to 3 months out of date and they will be in no position to second guess their Commander In Chief. </font></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">Don't expect some third party to save you, if the president is a madman you're dead. </div> </font></div><span class=""><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><span style="color:windowtext"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>I would dearly like to see Congress act as a balance here, as they are supposed to do. No military action without agreement by Congress. </span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">That's not going to happen because it would invite a first strike, especial on </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">Washington DC.</div></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4"><br></font></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4"> John K Clark</font></div></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><br></div></div>
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