AT: Why the USA Needs a Space Force

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/why_the_usa_needs_a_space_force.html

I strongly support our newly created Space Force. Admittedly, the military and surveillance capabilities it will eventually represent are concerning in some ways, but in the larger pattern of human affairs, new frontiers are often militarized first, then commercialized. That being our habit, I say, Go for it!

Wag the dog.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/iraq-3-katyusha-rockets-fired-baghdad-airport-200102232817666.html

Trump is doing his level best to provoke war with Iran. He may well succeed. Imagine if Iran had targeted and assassinated the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We would not forebear and there is no reason to expect Iran to just take it. It is now likely that a lot of people are going to die to divert the news cycle from Trump’s crimes and impeachment.

And, in case anyone has forgotten, a war against Iran is one that we cannot win. If it breaks out it will be a global disaster. We need to remove Trump immediately and once again seek some sort of reconciliation with Iran. If Saudi Arabia or Israel want to go to war with Iran they should not expect us to do it for them. What is both terribly sad and ironic is how directly Trump’s actions against Iran run counter to his stated policies of disengagement from the conflicts of other.