>>94335066>It was to stop a greater active threat, he had the authority to order the strike and if investigated he would be found without fault.I don't think Mansley had the authority to launch a nuclear strike, only Roggard did at that moment in time, and Roggard didn't consider the Giant an active threat at that point in time. Mansley went over Roggards head and in a panic launched a nuke towards American soil, which would have been at nest a tragedy and at worst a spark for nuclear war.
No matter how you slice it Mansley was in the wrong because he ordered an attack on a machine that the highest ranking military leader at the time did not consider a direct threat with hundreds of witnesses around, and capped it off with an attempt to escape. What you are saying is that in an investigation Mansley would not only be cleared of all charges but would likely cause the investigation to strip Roggard of his title, since by your logic Mansley attacking the Giant was correct and that Roggard NOT doing so was treasonous.
>this is the 50s too, if the government wanted to shut everything down and pretend nothing happened they would and probably did afterwords, nobody with live streaming cameras to be contrary to to narrative.If that's the case then why would Mansley still be working? He's not a major public figure, he's some desk jockey who no one would miss.
