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Exceeded his authority

Sep
20
2008
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
From: Dr. Strangelove

I was under the impression that I was the only one in authority to order the use of nuclear weapons. –Uh, that's right, sir. You are the only person authorized to do so. And although I, uh, hate to judge before all the facts are in, it's beginning to look like, uh, General Ripper exceeded his authority.

Peter Sellers (President Merkin Muffley) | George C. Scott (Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson)
#Politics
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#Government
#War
#Weapons
#Nuclear
#Atomic
#Authority

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