So you're saying there's literally nothing.
The chain of command goes from the secretary of defense all the way down to the most junior enlisted personnel.
You seem to assume I meant the joint chiefs or some small hand full of senior commanders.
Generals don’t pull the trigger, and as someone else pointed out, the logistics involved with bombing a city includes hundreds of service members.
Not sure where you get off calling me clueless as my initial response exactly answers the original question.
If not for honorable service members respecting their oaths and the UCMJ, there is literally nothing stopping Trump from bombing Chicago or LA.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 21 hours ago
jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
as i said people are clueless. pay attention to how people are actually behaving. most frontline individuals are either dutifully following orders or quitting. the idea that the military will refuse trump is absolutely not couched in reality.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
If your point is that this mechanism won’t work, then I’m assuming your point is that nothing can stop Trump.
Doesn’t mean my answer was wrong or clueless, only that the means to stop him has failed.
If you think something else is stopping him, I’d be very curious what that might be.
jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
You have a mioptic view of the universe of options. Expecting the established systems that have literally failed at every opportunity to somehow put a check on trump is fool hardy.
If you want him stopped you will have to stop him.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Well, let’s see.
It won’t be his moral fiber.
It won’t be China or Russia the only two military powers that have a chance to have any influence on CONUS affairs.
Maybe his desperate desire for public approval as I suspect major ordinance dropped on a US population center isn’t going to poll well, but I’d hate to count on that.
Me? Stop the president from doing literally anything? You vastly over estimate my powers.