The past few months had seen a tirade between Trump and Kim Jong-un. At one stage it looked as though war was coming.
The situation had quieted somewhat with no missiles being launched by North Korea recently.
But it appeared that it had come to that point that Trump would have faced some resistance.
Air Force Gen. John Hyten made it clear that he wouldn’t obey a nuclear strike if he thought it was illegal.
He said that instead he would seek an alternative.
Gen. John Hyten
Hyten said “I think some people think we’re stupid. We’re not stupid people. We think about these things a lot. When you have this responsibility, how do you not think about it?”
Hyten’s position as Commander of STRATCOM gave him authority of the US nuclear arsenal.
“I provide advice to the president, he will tell me what to do,” Hyten added. “And if it’s illegal, guess what’s going to happen? I’m going to say, ‘Mr. President, that’s illegal.’ And guess what he’s going to do? He’s going to say, ‘What would be legal?’ And we’ll come up options, with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that’s the way it works. It’s not that complicated.”
