https://padlet.com/afinley6/5w5vnsjv41kp en-us 2017-11-15 15:03:58 UTC 2017-11-15 15:44:55 UTC hello@padlet.com afinley6 https://padlet.com/afinley6/5w5vnsjv41kp/wish/207229126 2017-11-15 15:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/afinley6/5w5vnsjv41kp/wish/207229126 afinley6 https://padlet.com/afinley6/5w5vnsjv41kp/wish/207244721 Retired General Robert Kehler formerly of the United States Strategic Command explains that President Trump may not have the unlimited power that people think he does. In the increasingly hostile relationship between North Korea and the United States, many worry that a nuclear attack is not a question of "if" but a question of "when". Several Democratic Senators are concerned that President Trump's behavior is so volatile that he may order a preemptive strike against North Korea before anything actually happens. For that reason, Congress has considered altering the current authority that the Presidential position has to make nuclear decisions. Retired General Kehler warns that Congress should not make drastic changes to this process because it may delay decision making in times that require swift action. Kehler assures Congress that military officers do not have to blindly follows orders from the President if those orders are deemed illegal. 

This is an interesting case because the President is the leader of our country but yet many in Congress do not trust his rash decision making. At times it seems like he wants to start a violent attack because of the way that he provokes the North Korean leader through Twitter battles and name calling. I believe that it is the moral obligation of military officers in charge of nuclear weapons to protect the United States at all costs. I also believe that they must not follow orders that are preemptive and illegal. We cannot murder innocent people in North Korea who have nothing to do with Kim Jung Un and President Trump's Twitter battles. The military must remain partly autonomous in certain ways to ensure that our country continues to respect the rules of engagement. ]]> 2017-11-15 15:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/afinley6/5w5vnsjv41kp/wish/207244721