<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:26 PM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Whether his<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>temper is a risk factor for nuclear war works both ways. If foreign<br>
nuclear powers think he is reckless, then they are more likely to be<br>
extra cautious not to upset him too much.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">It's not just his temper and recklessness </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">that worries me, it's his ignorance, short attention span, lack of curiosity about anything except bizarre conspiracy theories, and his general disconnect from reality that really scares me to death. Imagine it's 3am and Trump is awaken by a phone call from the Pentagon and the General on the other end of the line says "Mr. President, Radar has picked up something crossing the arctic circle and it may be Chinese ICBMs, or it may be a flock of geese. What do you want us to do?". Who would you feel more comfortable in getting that phone call, Trump or Obama? Both Obama and Hillary had their faults but at least they were grownups, but now it's as if we're handcuffed and locked in a room with a toddler who's playing with a loaded AK47. And our ability to do anything about it expired on November 8, a day that will live in infamy. </font></div></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>