Kamala Harris' most lethal fighting force in the world.
When Democrat VP Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president of the United States she promised to ensure we would have the most lethal fighting force in the world.
What did that mean?
Was she talking about switchblades, gravity knives, stilettos, swords, daggers, blackjacks, brass knuckles, nunchaku and orshuriken (throwing stars)?
All are considered lethal.
But I’m thinking that the most lethal are nuclear weapons.
I think that is what she meant.
Current polling has Harris ahead of Trump by roughly 5% and trending up. Whether it will be Harris or Trump we will have a president who is committed to maintaining - or increasing - the nation’s nuclear arsenal.
And increasing the danger of global nuclear war.
The delegates to the DNC roared their approval of the promise.
Then they waved their American flags and chanted “USA, USA.”
Did the delegates even realize what they were cheering for?
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists:
Whether it begins with battlefield use of relatively small nuclear weapons or with larger ones, a nuclear war is likely to bring about a “nuclear winter”—the blocking of the sun’s rays by soot and other debris blown into the stratosphere—bringing about the lowering of Earth’s temperature to an extent that agriculture and human life could no longer be sustained. There is also more recent research suggesting that even a “limited” nuclear war could bring about worldwide starvation, affecting hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.
Kamala Harris’ promise of most lethal doesn’t come without a cost.
Bernie Sanders explains:
“In all due respect, the United States is now spending more than the next 10 nations combined on defense,” said Sanders on ABC’s “This Week.” “We want the strongest defense in the world, but I do think enough is enough. You’re seeing military contractors profits soaring, and I think we can have the strongest defense in the world without spending a trillion dollars a year.”
If history is any guide, lethality in a Harris presidency won’t be limited to Pentagon personal pan pizzas with three-year shelf lives. Dead civilians in Libya, Somalia, Yemen, or some other far-off land will likely attest to the efficacy of the greatest fighting force the world has ever known.
The Intercept reached out to the Harris campaign for comment on Sanders’s critique, what lethality means to the newly minted Democratic nominee and just how the “most lethal fighting force in the world” would be employed if she were president. The Intercept did not hear back prior to publication.
Instead of the promise of the most lethal fighting force I would have preferred the promise of universal healthcare and guaranteed income.
But that’s me.