PJ Media "Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, told a security conference in Nova Scotia that he would refuse to obey an "illegal" order from Donald Trump to launch nuclear weapons.
"Asked if he has given much thought to how he would handle a nuclear strike order from President Trump that he thinks is unlawful, Hyten, who oversees the U.S. nuclear arsenal, answered, "I think some people think we're stupid. We're not stupid people. We think about these things a lot. When you have this responsibility, how do you not think about it?"
""I provide advice to the president, he will tell me what to do," Hyten said. "And if it's illegal, guess what's going to happen? I'm going to say, 'Mr. President, that's illegal.' And guess what he's going to do? He's going to say, 'What would be legal?' And we'll come up options, with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that's the way it works. It's not that complicated."
"He explained that if he were to execute an unlawful order, "You will go to jail. You could go to jail for the rest of your life."
"The key word here is "illegal." In fact, no U.S. military officer is bound to obey an order he believes to be "illegal," so why this is being made into a big deal is something of a mystery." . . .
It should be noted the general did not declare, as C.E.M. Joad's disciples did in the 30's, that he would not ever fight under any orders from President Trump. He declared simply what, hopefully all military leaders would, that he cannot wage what he might feel was an "illegal" war.
But the Nazis in the 1930's did hear and consider what Joad's followers declared and knew the road was clear for Germany to aggressively swallow up country after country under Hitler's orders. The Tunnel DwellerIt should be noted the general did not declare, as C.E.M. Joad's disciples did in the 30's, that he would not ever fight under any orders from President Trump. He declared simply what, hopefully all military leaders would, that he cannot wage what he might feel was an "illegal" war.
It should be noted that In his early life, as a Wikipedia contributor states, "Joad very much shared the desire for the destruction of the Capitalist system". . .
Churchill called WW2 "the unnecessary war", because Britain, France and their allies had no stomach to risk war with Germany. When they finally realized - as Hitler long knew - that pacifists such as Joad and millions of others had no stomach for military courage, it was too late to stop the Nazis without war. Millions would die because of pacifism. TD
Those of us who are committed to facing the facts should condemn these peaceniks for what they really are: warmongers for our enemies.. . . "The absence of a peacenik peace plan is no accident. Pacifism is inherently a negative doctrine–it merely says that military action is always bad. As one San Francisco protester put the point: “I don’t think it’s right for our government to kill people.” In practice, this leaves the government only two means of dealing with our enemies: to ignore their acts of aggression, or to appease them by capitulating to the aggressor’s demands." . . .
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