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Mike Pence: It's Time for Congress to Establish the Space Force

posted by martyb on Sunday March 03 2019, @06:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the Space-Force-or-Space-Farce? dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by fyngyrz on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:16PM (5 children)

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:16PM (#809592) Journal

    what do you expect

    Well... if Pence sets this up, I expect that men won't be allowed anywhere near women unless they have their wives with them, all operations will be proceeded by prayer, and superior female officers (if any) will be addressed as "Mother" (although of course you can't meet with them for meals alone, regardless of the form of address you use.)

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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:53PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:53PM (#809609)

    He’s such a fool to not eat with women alone. Everyone should be able to be accused of sexual harassment 30 years later!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @03:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @03:02AM (#809667)

      Maybe something Islam got right...

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by fyngyrz on Monday March 04 2019, @03:26PM (2 children)

      by fyngyrz (6567) on Monday March 04 2019, @03:26PM (#809798) Journal

      Everyone should be able to be accused of sexual harassment 30 years later!

      So you are inclined to allow this particular bout of cultural hysteria to prevent you from interacting with half the human race without a chaperone?

      Seems... extreme. But hey, if you live in that much fear, by all means, join the space force, I guess. 😊

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      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 04 2019, @04:35PM (1 child)

        by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday March 04 2019, @04:35PM (#809837) Journal

        Y'know, it's amazing.

        Here I am all white and male, and yet, I have never been accused of sexism or racism.

        I wonder if not being sexist or racist has anything to do with it...

        • (Score: 3, Funny) by fyngyrz on Monday March 04 2019, @06:13PM

          by fyngyrz (6567) on Monday March 04 2019, @06:13PM (#809888) Journal

          I have never been accused of sexism or racism.
          I wonder if not being sexist or racist has anything to do with it...

          Oh yeah? Well, you just try putting on a little innocent blackface and going out and grabbing some chick in a friendly way by her covfefe... you'll see how quick your non-sexist, non-racist ass lands in the fire!

          Humph.

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