Olfactory Deterrence

A military aide carries the “nuclear football” aboard the Marine One helicopter in which President Trump was waiting to depart the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 3. (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency). viaWashington Post.August 6, 1945– President Harry S. Truman, announcing thebombing of Hiroshima:“If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.” (video)[Trump was less than a year old.]August 8, 2017– President Donald Trump:“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen... he has been very threatening beyond a normal state[ment]. They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen befor e.” (video)Issuing a threat of nuclear war is not something to cheer about ( “We ' re number one! We ' re number one! ”). Jesus does not condone such an action, despite whatpastor Robert Jeffress says.“The mixture of foreign policy, golf and veiled threats about nuclear war is unprecedented and jarring,”said BBC reporter Tara McKelvey.I would like to think that most Americans are horrified by the prospect of nuclear war. But many are pleased with theblunt, bracing talk and feel “protected by the vastness of America”—“It doesn’t concern me,” said [a guy] at the Morgan County Fair in Brush, Colo. “We live in the safest part of the...
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