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| title = Chain of Command | | title = Chain of Command | ||
| image = chain of command.png | | image = chain of command.png | ||
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| titletext = Themistocles said his infant son ruled all Greece -- "Athens rules all Greece; I control Athens; my wife controls me; and my infant son controls her." Thus, nowadays the world is controlled by whoever buys advertising time on Dora the Explorer. | | titletext = Themistocles said his infant son ruled all Greece -- "Athens rules all Greece; I control Athens; my wife controls me; and my infant son controls her." Thus, nowadays the world is controlled by whoever buys advertising time on Dora the Explorer. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w| | + | {{w|Themistocles}} was an Ancient Greek politician and this comic and image text are about uncommon chains of command. |
− | + | The President of the United States is at the top of the US Nuclear Chain of Command, but the Engineer is technically above him because the button would not work without the Engineer and the Engineer is in charge of configuring how the button works. The "Red Button" is usually a worst case scenario as it launches all nuclear capabilities. | |
− | + | In the image text is a similar joke placed at the top of the chain of command, this time in Ancient Greece. Since Themistocles' infant son ruled all of Greece, where did his infant son get any ideas? | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:US NUCLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND | :US NUCLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND | ||
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[[Category:Politics]] | [[Category:Politics]] | ||
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