Could you push the Nuclear Button?

SN Greg Wright Your not playing Nice Tonight are You? Damn Shipmate. I was SAS Sealed Authentication System. Good if Mean Question. I suspect that I would do my Duty. That is a Horrible Thought. Damn Good I might bring down the End of the World. That is Harsh!

I used to tell my Marines, "we work FOR democracy, therefore we don't work IN A democracy" with that being said, we serve for the greater good. If the order was given, yes I would "push the button" turn the key, what have you. Semper Fi

No but my concern would not be on what would happen by that 1 missile but for the response it might cause. You push that 1 button and you might initiate the end of everyone and everything. There are too many nuclear weapons under the control of people who shouldn't even be allowed to own a gun let alone make the decision to use those weapons. If I were to push that one button I might initiate a chain reaction by them that would spell the end for everything.

If I was trained in that position to do it then yes. Training and instinct would kick in and it would be done without question and thinking. That is why we choose and train and train and train and train those specific warriors to do just that...do it on orders instinctively. I equate it to being no different than being on patrol and shooting the enemy...pulling the trigger is no different than pushing the "button". You are trained and required to carryout your duties period. Would I think about it afterward...maybe but not for long, because if I had to push the button to rain down hell on someone else, that means some hell is coming my way...get the lawn chairs and brews and enjoy the fireworks cause that is probably the end.

At this moment my reaction would be no I couldn't do it. Yet any person close to the nuclear button, whether President or military, are in a position to know why, where and who would be affected. This is why our military must stay on top of things happening in this country and abroad so they will be ready for whatever must be done.

Could You Push The Button? Not without the proper security clearance.

If I had all the training I assume I would do my duty. Probably do everything I could to avoid that job in the first place.

Not me! It's one of the things that I envy about those that actually carry it to the enemy hand to hand or charge up a hill. Can't imagine it, heck I won't even hunt anymore and sound like a Buddhist when talking to my grandsons.

not unless they fired on us first.

I make calls that effect global economics on a daily. If needed, I would be able to pull the trigger for a nuke. Whether or not I actually want that job is a different story though.