I sat this morning and read through a story where around 35 to 40 House Democrats (Monday news) has asked the Biden administration to give up his "sole authority" over the launching of nuke weapons.
Their suggestion? It should be a committee approach.....so that one person is out of the picture, and a group meeting/vote would occur.
Who would make up this committee? They didn't really say.
How many in the committee? They didn't really say.
How many minutes of time would the committee have to decide upon this decide? They didn't really say.
My humble guess is that it'd have to be at least five to seven members on this 'committee', and that they wouldn't necessarily be Senators or House members....just full-time nuke authority folks.
Lets say a situation unfolds and President so-and-so calls up the committee, and they discuss things, and three members are for nuking, three are against, and one abstains. Then how do you handle this?
Lets say that as you appoint the seven....all of course in their sixties and seventies (in terms of age)....at least two have hidden alcohol and drug habits, and can't be trusted. Can you fire them in a heartbeat and appoint two new folks.....without a House or Senate vote?
What if you appointed three folks onto the committee who are absolutely don't-nuke types?
Would you have 21 members for the committee, with seven guys always sitting in some bunker in Colorado.....ready to react for their 72-hour shift? Or would you create a secure golf course resort, with twenty-odd condos for the committee and their houchy-houchy women to hang out while on duty?
What if some nutty country got to the seven guys on the committee and terminated all seven an hour before the launch of the attack on the US?
For some reason, the more you ponder upon this idea.....the more marginal the suggestion becomes.
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