Unfortunately the talk has us wringing our hands and weeing in our pants rather then turning them into dust. We need a leader willing to take them on.
If a sneak attack up the Potomac took out DC there would be a notable lack of leadership around to orchestrate a response. One must hope that the Trident boats C&C protocols include the possibility of losing DC and include a redundant link to targeting information and authorization to fire as a fall back position.
Regards,
GtG