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Prez wants the codes,
because he can.
"Are you certain?"
"Yes I am."
Out comes gun – BANG!
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"My job is done"
says the code case man.
Inspired by the current state of world politics and things like
www.miniaturestory.org.
In the United States the president has the codes on his person, but
the system for sending orders to launch nukes and such is contained
in a briefcase called the Nuclear_football.
Consistent with the comicbook-like quality of the current office,
the President seems to actually hold the power to launch a nuclear
attack singlehandedly. The system requires the Secretary of Defense
to validate that the order is actually from the President, but he
has no legal say in the decision itself.
This puts him, and the chain of command down to who ever presses
the actual button, in a position to ask themselves if it is right
or sane to escalate a nuclear conflict, or worse yet, start one.
The point of nukes is to act as a deterrent, actually using them
would be pure insanity. It would be desirable, to say the least, to
have this understanding somehow built into the system. |
