>>86626730>do you seriously think Presidents can chuck nukes at will? there's an entire chain of people who oversee and advice on that.Pretty much, yeah. The only person who has to verify is the Secretary of Defense, who the President gets to appoint.
There is no "entire chain". The systems of nuclear launch are designed to be quick, mostly so that they can get missiles in the air for a retaliatory strike before enemy missiles arrive. But that also means that if the president and the SecDef (who, again, is appointed by the President) decide to nuke shit, nobody's in a position to say no.
>>86626765It requires a 2/3rds majority in both houses, which is actually pretty rare. Yesterday's veto override was the first successful one in Obama's entire almost-8 years as president, and he's spent most of that time with a Congress that fucking hates his guts.
