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| Subject: Idiots in Government: Military Apologizes For Bombing A New Year's Eve Tweet Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:26 pm | |
| U.S. Strategic Command is charged with controlling the nation's nuclear operations, but conceded it missed the mark with a New Year's Eve tweet comparing the famed ball drop to a B-2 bomber dropping weapons.
"TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball...if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger," read the now-deleted tweet from Stratcom's official account. A slick video accompanied by pulsing music showed a bomber soaring through the air and releasing two conventional — not nuclear — weapons. "Stealth," "Ready" and "Lethal" flash across the screen in all capital letters. The video concludes with an explosion flashing into a huge fireball. The backlash was swift, and by early Monday evening the unified command of four military branches had removed the tweet, issuing a mea culpa. - Quote :
- Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste & does not reflect our values. We apologize. We are dedicated to the security of America & allies.
— US Strategic Command (@US_Stratcom) December 31, 2018 "Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste & does not reflect our values," it read. "We apologize. We are dedicated to the security of America & allies."
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/01/681385905/military-apologizes-for-bombing-a-new-years-eve-tweet
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