Where did "Nuke 'em from orbit" come from?

Look, the analysis team which went over this thread centimeter by centimeter found no physical evidence of the troll you describe.

leave It Alone You Biches!

God damn it, that’s not all! 'Cause if one of those things gets down here then that will be all! And all this, this bullshit that you think is so important, you can just kiss all that goodbye!

You sent them to this site. I just checked the IP log… directive dates six-twelve-zero-seven. Signed Exit, What T. F. You sent them over here and you didn’t even warn us, What. Why didn’t you warn us?

Ban it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Okay, look. What if that thread didn’t even exist? Did you ever think about that? I didn’t know! So if I went and made a major security situation out of it, every poster steps in; the Admins steps in, and there’s no exclusive edit ability for any poster, nobody wins! So I made a decision, and it was wrong. It was a bad post, Mercotan. It was a bad post.

Bad post? These OPs are fucking socks, What! Well, they’re going to nail your username to the banned list… and I’ll be there when they do.

A bad Post? These posters a BANNED

Mercotan, You know, I expected more from you. I thought you’d be smarter than this.

What Turambar turun’ ambartanen!

Oops. I mean Sorry to disappoint you.

you always were an asshole Mercotan

How do I get out of this chickenshit board?

I don’t know. I only signed up because I thought they said “illegal” aliens.

Somebody wake up Dex.

Yeah, well this little illegal alien has survived on this board for 6 years!

I prefer the term “artificial poster” myself.

With no wit and no training. Right?

Is this gonna be a stand-up fight or just another sock-hunt? Sir.

Another glorious day on the Dope! A day on the Straight Dope is like a day on the farm. Every post’s a banquet! Every poll a fortune! Every Pitting a trainwreck! I LOVE the Dope!

So how many posts have you made, Lieutenant?