matt wrote:

you are correct. Nobody has their finger on the button that launches nuclear
missiles. That's an antiquated spelling you're using . The correct spelling
is nucular for now.

matt

"Paul Winalski" wrote in message
...

In a similar vein, I think anyone who mispronounces "nuclear" as
"nuculur" shouldn't be allowed to have his finger on the button
that launches nuclear missiles.

-Paul W.





The great misunderstanding about the "BUTTON" is that the President,
whomever it may be, can just order it pushed. The appropriate military
authority must make a specific request, backed up by specific
indications that a retaliatory, or preemptive, strike should be made,
only then may the NCA, read President, make the hard decision.
Absolutely any person in the chain of command may halt the whole
operation, at least temporally, by simply not acting.

Dave N.