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The Washington Post has an editorial by Vice President Pence, asking Congress to pass our National Defense Authorization Act for, or of 2020. Which will create a 6th branch of the United States military, called the United States Space Force. It's going to be part of the Air Force, but, this one won't be in the air. It will be in space. And there's no air, there. An excerpt:
Under this proposal, the Space Force would be within the Air Force, similar to the placement of the Marine Corps within the Navy. More than any other organization, the Air Force has been at the vanguard of building the world’s best military space programs. So, creating the Space Force within the Air Force is the best way to minimize duplication of effort and eliminate bureaucratic inefficiencies.
Just as the Air Force began within the Army before becoming a separate military department, so too will this first step in establishing the Space Force pave the way for a separate military department in the future. The Space Force is the next and the natural evolution of U.S. supremacy in space.
Also at Chicago Tribune.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @07:48PM (3 children)
When there is money to be made, some new force will have to be created. Infrastructure, education, worker protection be damned.
Also, no one remains dominant forever. Every empire falls.
Or maybe khazar jews are behind this militarization of space?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:14PM (2 children)
That summary of US politics explains so much about you racist fuckwads. Sadly a huge number of non-asshole conservatives got caught up in the propaganda machine and have no idea what they are actually supporting.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday March 04 2019, @03:25PM (1 child)
At this point you should be careful about repeating that kind of assumption uncritically. The Republican Party has significant support among Latinos, ~30%, which has been growing steadily. Support among Blacks, which has been non-existant in recent decades, has been reported in the double digits (~17%), because of the historically strong employment numbers for their demographic. If the Republican Party is all about racism, why would that many non-white voters be coming around to support them?
Democrats, for their part, are quite racist and sexist. They were always cagey about how they did it, but in the last two-three years they have thrown back the mask. The Identity Politics frame that informs their rhetoric, and has done so for decades, is one that controls various groups through fear without producing any real improvement to their lot. Blacks have voted Democratic overwhelmingly for 70 years, but in many ways their lot has worsened. If Democratic policies were actually meant to uplift Blacks then they would be the top performing demographic in every blue city, but the opposite is true.
And of course there is the Masters-of-the-Universe angle that complicates all discussion like this. The same interests control both parties. Both parties vote unanimously for the policies that really matter to the question of who really controls the country, ie. tax and finance bills. Everything else is allowed to play out see-saw in a kabuki performance meant to distract the populace and keep it divided and warring with itself, instead of waking up and dragging the Masters of the Universe to the guillotines as they must be.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @04:17PM
Latinos can't be racist, that's news to me. If they're not racist, then they're some of the dumbest people to walk the face of the Earth. One of the main pillars of the GOP over the last 30 years has been that foreigners and people of color are bad.
Also, the GOP seems to focus far more on Mexicans than Latinos in general. Likewise, Muslims are an even bigger target.