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Original [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:32:18 PM  
Original Tweet:
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 4:32:48 PM  
The Doomsday Clock just jumped forward 3 minutes
 
tudorgurl [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 4:33:55 PM  
Jesus Christ dude... SHUT THE FLOCK UP
 
Nadie_AZ [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:35:28 PM  
You jackasses can't stand not being at war with anyone. If you neocon assholes want war so badly, go fight it your selves. We will sit and watch.
 
Ker_Thwap [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:36:14 PM  
A nuclear strike for what exactly?  To keep Putin from releasing the pee tapes? Or to keep Putin from releasing the money laundering details?  Either way, seems like sad old man posturing.
 
markie_farkie [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 4:37:10 PM  
Good.

Strap him to an unarmed missile and launch it, and give Russia the OK to vaporize in low orbit it in the name of strategic wargame simulations.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 4:38:38 PM  
Lwt's not openly taunt the vodka dynamite monkey mmmmmkay?
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:42:13 PM  
Yeah, A republican, from Mississippi, who is going to take a natural dirt nap within a couple decades, is going to render most of the planet uninhabitable.

Sure.

And Donald Trump will get to be presid...oh. sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet
 
Uchiha_Cycliste [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:43:37 PM  
Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from all of America's "super patriots" if we went to war with Russia and had a WWII style draft.
 
Ker_Thwap [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:45:37 PM  

Uchiha_Cycliste: Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from all of America's "super patriots" if we went to war with Russia and had a WWII style draft.


Did someone say bone spurs?
 
Picklehead [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:46:13 PM  
I guess the old codger wants the rest of the country to look like Mississippi. Because that's what nuclear war would bring. Hell, Mississippi hasn't recovered from the Civil War yet!
 
harleyquinnical [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:46:31 PM  
I just heard Gen. Turgidson scream about a mineshaft gap.
 
Nah'mean [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:51:50 PM  
The senator from Bumbfarkistan is just trying to make life more difficult for Biden. If that means millions of people get incinerated, and millions more are irradiated, whoopsie!
 
demaL-demaL-yeH [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:51:51 PM  
Last time I checked, Senators weren't in any chain of command.
 
Uchiha_Cycliste [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 4:52:13 PM  

Ker_Thwap: Uchiha_Cycliste: Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from all of America's "super patriots" if we went to war with Russia and had a WWII style draft.

Did someone say bone spurs?


I can say cowards. =p
 
Myrdinn [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 5:02:00 PM  
Wait, my scorecard is a little confused... Republicans are back on the anti-Russia bandwagon?
 
NateAsbestos [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 5:07:09 PM  

Myrdinn: Wait, my scorecard is a little confused... Republicans are back on the anti-Russia bandwagon?


They just want a profitable war. Doesn't matter who with.
 
hobnail [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:09:00 PM  
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GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:17:58 PM  

Myrdinn: Wait, my scorecard is a little confused... Republicans are back on the anti-Russia bandwagon?


Republicans are aways going to profess the right of first strike. They can't help but strut around like peacocks.
 
some_beer_drinker
2021-12-07 5:31:07 PM  
Do it. Go on....
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:35:35 PM  
The fark is wrong with this asshole?
 
special20
2021-12-07 5:37:04 PM  
This would be him then.
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pehvbot [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:37:30 PM  

GardenWeasel: Myrdinn: Wait, my scorecard is a little confused... Republicans are back on the anti-Russia bandwagon?

Republicans are aways going to profess the right of first strike. They can't help but strut around like peacocks.


Even Carter asserted the right to first strike.  It's been national policy since Truman said 'Fark it, what's the worst that can happen?'
 
maniacbastard
2021-12-07 5:37:53 PM  
Just get the CIA to kill Pootie Poot and call it a day.
 
JDAT [OhFark]
2021-12-07 5:37:54 PM  
Atta boy......
 
snocone [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 5:38:35 PM  

Jake Havechek: The fark is wrong with this asshole?


Just yer average everyday psychopath.
 
A Cave Geek
2021-12-07 5:39:30 PM  
Good news:  He's not the one who can order it.
 
saywhonow
2021-12-07 5:39:52 PM  
The first rule of nuclear first strikes is you do not talk about nuclear first strikes
 
full8me
2021-12-07 5:40:03 PM  

Nadie_AZ: You jackasses can't stand not being at war with anyone. If you neocon assholes want war so badly, go fight it your selves. We will sit and watch.


To be fair, if nukes start flying between America and Russia we won't be at war with each other for long.
 
kudayta [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:40:20 PM  
BBC Radio 4 Saturday Drama: The Letter of Last Resort
Youtube PwY9th-vmNY

If you have 30 minutes, give it a listen.
 
vrax [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:40:21 PM  
FFS, can someone please stuff this fark in a trashcan and then throw the trashcan out?!  Is the GQP even capable of not promoting chaos?
 
hammettman
2021-12-07 5:40:46 PM  
Can't wait for PressSec Psaki to smackdown this statement with something like Fox News is no longer state tv.
 
kpaxoid
2021-12-07 5:40:52 PM  
Republicans apply the same type of thinking to nuclear war that they apply to global warming.

Shocking.
 
Bith Set Me Up [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:40:52 PM  
Wargames Ending
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Unsung_Hero
2021-12-07 5:40:59 PM  
When a Republican says it, I tend to think they're hoping for the opportunity and lack any real comprehension of what they're saying.

When someone else says it, I tend to hope they're thinking, "It has to be on the table because if it's not, we're essentially surrendering to anyone who has an ICBM and the will to press the button".
 
Porkbelly
2021-12-07 5:41:27 PM  

OldRod: The Doomsday Clock just jumped forward 3 minutes


I am 100% in favor of a nuclear first strike on this goober (but a tiny one, ok, just a hand-grenade in his Senate office room).
 
arrogantbastich [recently expired TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:41:33 PM  
Pretty sure the only nuclear football he has access to is the one he shoves up his ass every morning
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:42:26 PM  
When 2 tribes go to war, a single point is all that you can score.
 
holdmybones
2021-12-07 5:43:01 PM  
I forgot where we delegated the authority to initiate nuclear launches to congressmorons from the worst state in the Union.
 
Gin Buddy
2021-12-07 5:43:14 PM  
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foo monkey [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:43:14 PM  
Weird.  He's not up for re-election this cycle.  Maybe he's just a dumbass.
 
Geotpf
2021-12-07 5:43:17 PM  
Somebody find the manager-I most certainly did not order a cup of World War III!
 
snocone [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-12-07 5:43:21 PM  
Things have changed since the first strike concept was invented.
It no longer really exists.
 
Northern
2021-12-07 5:43:49 PM  

Ker_Thwap: A nuclear strike for what exactly?  To keep Putin from releasing the pee tapes? Or to keep Putin from releasing the money laundering details?  Either way, seems like sad old man posturing.


Either way the senator has no authority to order a nuclear strike.  That's Joe Biden's call.  And why now?  Russia already interfered with US elections, continues to undermine our internet security, plus owns large numbers of government officials as intelligence assets.  It's a laughable, hollow threat.  It's more likely Trump and Pompeo sold the Ukraine for $50 and a handjob.
 
Geotpf
2021-12-07 5:43:59 PM  

OldRod: The Doomsday Clock just jumped forward 3 minutes


...and then fell off the wall, with springs and screws flying all over the place.
 
King of Monkeys
2021-12-07 5:44:03 PM  
Modern Republicans are a threat to peace, stability and security worldwide.
 
RedComrade
2021-12-07 5:44:57 PM  
On one hand this was a dumb thing to say. On the other hand you don't come out and say anything is off the table in a public setting.

Saying that a 'first strike' option is on the table doesn't mean its policy or even actively under consideration.  Its a warning to your enemies that all options are available.

This is just political speak with a side of global nuclear warfare.
 
Jeff5 [TotalFark]
2021-12-07 5:45:01 PM  
Good thing this chucklefark has exactly the same authority to launch nukes I have...
 
Porkbelly
2021-12-07 5:45:06 PM  

Unsung_Hero: When a Republican says it, I tend to think they're hoping for the opportunity and lack any real comprehension of what they're saying.

When someone else says it, I tend to hope they're thinking, "It has to be on the table because if it's not, we're essentially surrendering to anyone who has an ICBM and the will to press the button".


Back in the late 1950s my dad was the Director of Nuclear Arms Control at the Pentagon (title might have been a variation on the theme, but that was his job).  I have quite a bit of knowledge about nuclear shiat.

While I can find quite a bit of fault with DDE's administration and even him personally, one of the things I greatly admire about him was his repeated denial of the use of first-strike against the USSR that the generals were clamoring for.
 
Sergeant Angle
2021-12-07 5:45:46 PM  

foo monkey: Weird.  He's not up for re-election this cycle.  Maybe he's just a dumbass.


Maybe?
 
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