Posted on Sep 27, 2016
If a candidate declared that they would never employ nuclear weapons, would they be fit to serve as POTUS?
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Note: to my knowledge, neither candidate has said this, so no, I'm not trying to stir the pot. I'm genuinely interested in the opinions I expect to get.
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No! It's bad enough that we have a candidate for President that has told our enemies ISIS) that US ground forces won't be used. To take nuclear weapons entirely off the table in all instances negates one of our most potent elements of national power. IMO, we should only "go nuke" to maintain the integrity of the US or if we are attacked with nukes first.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
I agree but would slightly change it to only using Nukes if we were attacked with a WMD not just nukes Bio-weapons can make Nuke look like Children toys. the 1918 FLU killed an estimated 40-50 million people and that was not even weaponized.
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Never say Never but they are weapons of last resort. I don't want anyone enthused about their use either.
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Being a leader, you have to also have the ability to make the hard choices. I'm not saying nukes should be our first response, but they are an important asset in national security. Using the most outlandish possible scenario. We have a terrorist organization occupying an isolated island. They have weapons of mass destruction and they intend to target all the nations capitals. They give us an ultimatum. Either you take us out or we take out the world. Are we really going to hesitate???
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