1/ U.S Senate (#SFRC) holds an important hearing on the Executive’s authority to use nuclear weapons after four decades.
2/ Most senators & panelists are worried about Trump's scope of authority given his impulsive character and are cognizant
3/ of the "civilizational consequences" (their words) of misusing nukes. Yet neither the panelists nor most senators are prepared to...
4/ ...recommend "fixing" the existing law, arguing that any change to current protocols may undermine the "U.S deterrence capability"!
5/ In sum, they put their deterrence posture well above human civilization.
6/ Yet the same lawmakers still expect a country like #Iran to forgo its "conventional" missile program, in complete disregard for its...
7/ ...contemporary history (namely Saddam's relentless missile attacks against Iranian civilians) or its current security environment.
8/ It seems that the only sensible lesson to draw from these discussions is that the "American exceptionalism" dogma has gravely and...
9/ dangerously disconnected US institutions from reality.
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