Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money

On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:37:58 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, Paul S Person wrote:
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:05:55 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, Paul S Person wrote:
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:46:29 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025, Paul S Person wrote:

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People who are panicked can do things that would otherwise make no
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If Putins button would be located on his bedside table I would agree with you.
It is not, and an order needs to go through many levels, by design, before any
rockets fly. It would be a more or less risk free way to finish the war quickly.

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Never having been in Putin's current location, I have no idea where
the button is. I can only hope you are correct.
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I'm fairly sure the US President is one door and one military officer
away from access to the codes that launch the missiles, however.

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Maybe. I would be surprised however, if the US process, also does not
involve numerous steps and numerous people along the way.

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It probably does.
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Unless, of course, "Wing Attack Plan R" is still a valid plan.
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What is Wing Attack Plan R? Sounds sinister!

It's the War Plan that allows General Jack D. Ripper to have his
strategic bomber wing attack Russia /without/ any input at all, never
mind permission or orders, from his superiors.

In the film /Dr. Strangelove/, it is said to have been created to
allow retaliation after a very thorough decapitation strike.

You really need to see the classics ...
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"