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Jacob Boehme

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18. ARTICLE 92. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:58 PM

Jan 2017

From the Uniform Code of Military Justice:
"..having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by any member of the armed forces, which it is his duty to obey, fails to obey the order.

The operative term here is lawful order. By the Constitution, tRump is the Commander in Chief of the military. But would any unilateral "order" by him to engage in nuclear war be a "lawful order"

Quite a conundrum.... quite a conundrum.

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Can Trump Actually Start a Nuclear War? [View all] orangecrush Jan 2017 OP

Nope. Believe it or not but even wingnut underthematrix Jan 2017 #1

I suspect that you are incorrect Dan Jan 2017 #2

Supposedly a nuke could hit DC in about 6 minutes, Hortensis Jan 2017 #12

Oh reference your last Dan Jan 2017 #3

As a senior in college... LisiFFXV Jan 2017 #5

Lots of people don't seem to understand the protocols. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #7

Thank you orangecrush Jan 2017 #8

I enjoyed your comments Dan Jan 2017 #13

The personnel involved are trained to follow orders quickly, and... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #6

Full blown kook orangecrush Jan 2017 #10

Yes! At least he's not the SoD! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #11

ARTICLE 92. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #18

A friend of mine looked into this a bit Foo Fighter Jan 2017 #19

Great post! orangecrush Jan 2017 #21

Hope you are right orangecrush Jan 2017 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Jeroen Jan 2017 #4

It was said that Kissinger and Haig stepped in on nukes during Nixon's last days. roamer65 Jan 2017 #14

I am hoping orangecrush Jan 2017 #15

I think we're screwed.. HipChick Jan 2017 #16

... orangecrush Jan 2017 #22

I don't think it's possible..... Txbluedog Jan 2017 #17

The President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. He has that power by law stevenleser Jan 2017 #20

Not one the U.S. starts...but there are other countries with Nukes. haele Jan 2017 #23