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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

Trump spokesperson: Why bother having nuclear weapons if you’re afraid to use them?

Author:     Tom Boggioni
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     19 Dec 2015 at 08:23 ET
Link: Trump spokesperson: Why bother having nuclear weapons if you’re afraid to use them?
Stephan:   I believe Donald Trump is the dark ID of a large portion of Americans. His success is telling us something very important about our country. And the words of Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson ought to be getting special attention in public discussion. Maybe it has just been too many years since the mass death and devastation of World War II. The reality has faded from the experiential zeitgeist of our society, and only lives in the history books. War today involves only a bit more than 1 per cent of the population.  Or maybe it is something else altogether. Whatever. Proposing the use of nuclear weapons ought to disqualify one from public life, and result in a degree of avoidance.  Nuclear bombs in addition to killing at an industrial rate, actually threaten civilization. Any elder in Japan can tell you that. No responsible human being speaks this way. That Donald Trump approves this, which he must, because he knows his voters think this same way, ought to seriously alarm the rest of us. We are seeing fascism arise.

A spokesperson for  Donald Trump’s front running GOP presidential campaign lashed out at his fellow Republican candidates for saber-rattling about war — inferring that they are all talk and no action — before wondering whether it does the U.S. any good to have nuclear weapons if our leaders are afraid to use them.

Appearing on The O’Reilly Factor, Trump spokesperson Katrina Pearson hammered at the other candidates while covering for her boss who, in a recent debate, was stumped when asked the country’s nuclear strike capability known as the “nuclear triad.”

“What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you’re afraid to use it?” Pierson asked. “And that’s where we are today and we need to fix these problems. Not just complaining and name-calling about who started this and who started that.”

Pierson’s comments stunned conservative columnist and Desert Storm veteran Kurt Schlichter, who got into a contentious argument with Pierson over her boss’s ignorance on nuclear matters.

“The point of the nuclear triad is to be afraid to use the damn thing. You want to scare the hell out of the other side,” Schlichter excitedly yelled. “And frankly, my side will be more scared if Donald Trump gets his […]

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1 Comment

  1. mary cummings on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 11:55 am

    Trump is a reality show personality, a cartoon character and the US has been dumbed down by Faux News. In the same way that California was seduced by an action star to run our state, donald appeals to people who spend their time watching reality tv and Faux News. Sad country we are living in now. Is it the effect of fluoride in our water or whatever they are spraying in our skies or just the hypnotic effect of TV?