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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: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Monday March 04 2019, @06:50PM
> seems to be a form of population control.
Bingo.
> Except - the wrong gender suffers the losses.
Oh no, in simplistic the "it's a man's world" view, that's the correct gender.
In that view, when it comes to children. women go for quality, men more for quantity. Life is precious vs life is cheap. This divergence in attitudes makes sense from a biological point of view. In patriarchal societies, life can fall into a pattern of constant war to bleed off the overpopulation. If wars are being won, then the young have room to expand. If not, then the young men are dead and have no need of room, and the young women will not make trouble, whether they go on to live out childless lives, emigrate, join a harem, or whatever. Win or lose, overpopulation problem solved, for that generation.
This is what the US is up against in Afghanistan. And I think at a visceral level, Republicans understand this better than Democrats do. But, many would rather play too, than try to stop that game, or simply stay out. Some even want to bring on the Clash of Civilizations. This internal disagreement along with others about the objectives in Afghanistan makes it hard to accomplish much there. 17 years and counting, and it's still not over.