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let them shit or get off the pot, then. MAGA has been trying to extort us with the threat of civil war for years now.
You don't want civil war or even cession in a country loaded with nukes. That shit tends to spill.
Also, this would inevitably lead to Christian extremists with access to nukes which will lead them to immediately believe that they were chosen by God to use them
How are the Christian extremists in this scenario going to launch the nukes it's not just a button that you press that says "go".
Right? In fact, to the contrary, it's a super complicated and locked down process and the people who are meant to actually execute it are among the most highly-trained and vetted in the US military and are obliged to pass an ongoing series of exams in order to maintain eligibility for service on the nuclear arsenal.
Come now, people here believed Trump had the actual launch "codes" in the papers at MarALago. They aren't going to fall for your complicated explanation.
There was that report that the folks that are stationed at our missile silos sleep on the job and leave shit unlocked. It is not unreasonable to think a concerted group could get ahold of nuclear material if not the actually missiles. A dirty bomb is still scary
Like these guys have the brains they probably irradiate themselves, saving everyone else the trouble.
They've not exactly demonstrated themselves to be capable of high level concepts have they? I mean so far they've essentially wondered around inside a ineffectively guarded building. The hardly military strategists.
But in Modern Warfare 2, all I had to do was go into a Russian sub and hit the launch button! Sarcasm obviously
They will get access to warheads. I'd they get access to codes (could be) they can fire them immediately. If they don't get the codes, they still have the fucking warheads that are "relatively easy" to disassemble and made to explode in an alternate way. Once you have hands on access, that's it.
Gilead demands compliance
I don't want it, no. But the only two possible answers to extortion are to give up all of your power permanently to the person making the threats or to call them on it.