Originally published at: US Military Posts Tweet About Dropping Bombs not Balls | Infostormer.com
The United States Strategic Command otherwise known as STRATCOM posted a New Year’s Eve tweet about dropping bombs and not balls. They were forced to apologize.
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I don't see what's so wrong with this tweet, It was funny. Fuck values and shit.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.
Besides, considering how fucked up the world is right now, a nuclear war might substantially improve things.
