[najajomo]

Pray tell what was objectionable about this comment that it got voted into invisibility?

@ritzw: "The possibility of preemptive nuclear strike is still looms. There is also the possibility that the person with their finger on the metaphorical button is not all there, and maybe shouldn't have that power. There is a movement to remove the ability for the president to call preemptive strikes. There is also a movement to remove ICBMs from the Triad. If enemies launch toward the US, an ICBM counter attack launch only allows a 6 minute window. (Assuming they targeted our ICBMs.) A side note: Military doesn't man the ICBMs. They are controlled by civilians. This is by design because the past administrations didn't trust the military to control ICBMs. The fear that they would use them without hesitation was too great. Nuclear attack subs would pick up the slack and don't require the 6 minute response window. This would greatly reduce the currently great risk of thermonuclear war we live under."

[PhasmaFelis]

Probably the part about ICBMs being controlled by civilians, which is definitely not true.

[najajomo]

@PhasmaFelis: "Probably the part about ICBMs being controlled by civilians, which is definitely not true."

You contradicted me so I am going to vote you down :(

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