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2017-02-18 |
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Poem |
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Prez wants the codes, |
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because he can. |
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"Are you certain?" |
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"Yes I am." |
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Out comes gun – BANG! |
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"My job is done" |
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says the code case man. |
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Inspired by the current state of world politics and things like |
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www.miniaturestory.org. |
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In the United States the president has the codes on his person, but |
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the system for sending orders to launch nukes and such is contained |
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in a briefcase called the Nuclear_football. |
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Consistent with the comicbook-like quality of the current office, |
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the President seems to actually hold the power to launch a nuclear |
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attack singlehandedly. The system requires the Secretary of Defense |
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to validate that the order is actually from the President, but he |
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has no legal say in the decision itself. |
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This puts him, and the chain of command down to who ever presses |
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the actual button, in a position to ask themselves if it is right |
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or sane to escalate a nuclear conflict, or worse yet, start one. |
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The point of nukes is to act as a deterrent, actually using them |
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would be pure insanity. It would be desirable, to say the least, to |
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have this understanding somehow built into the system. |
