Second part here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DNxhVBfvyI

Judging from recent events in the news - a space war is no longer so far fetched:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6281247.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6063926.stm

Just great how absolutely no effort is taken to distinguish between militarization of space and the use of nuclear related technology such as radioisotope thermal generators for scientific exploration. "oh noes teh atomes!!!" type tin foil hat fodder I'm afraid.

This is highly speculative based on a DOD 2020 reports, books and such?

Now if you read every DARPA and DOD report out there you realize that they are predicting events several years in the future without any real consideration towards economic, political or sociological considerations.

Space militarization cannot really happen, considering that such steps would be immediately countered by China and Russia. All they need to do is basically start selling off dollars switch to Euro's and collapse the US economy into a depression. This is not even considering how much resources, money, research it would require to introduce such a program.

Furthermore throwing all the funds into this program is sheer foolishness. They have already spent billions trying to make these systems work, especially the missile defense system, and derivatives such as the patriot missile system. This plan would be shot down to bits by both sides of the House and Congress not to mention the voting population. This is no longer a world were countries can stay isolationist, everything is depended on information, goods and supply chains. If aggressive actions escalated to tyranny by the USA, it would only bring more terrorist attacks, more attacks that don't use the usual military doctrine... Yes the US military is great in facing a mechanized army, but look how it cannot contain insurgents, and these technologies would only make such warfare all the more acceptable in the eyes of a enemy that cannot resist otherwise. Yes Space domination would mean power all over the world, but it's power at the expense of all the freedoms a society like the US enjoys, just like it came close to post 9/11.

There are no more US military bases in Uzbekistan. American military interests withdrew with the current problems faced in Iraq and tension from the local despotic goverment.

Loftly plans of control of Space echo the ones of controlling the communist domino effect or controlling Vietnam or the containing the problem Middle East. Surely they should understand that even best laid plans never usually work out.... It's hilarious how much totally wrong footage is being used to tell the story (e.g. soviets shown when it was talking about Nazi scientists taken during Op Paperclip, which was more based on the fact that the US saw that the USSR would be an enemy).

And if you are not convinced just look at US national debt numbers.

Tin foil conspiracies, am sorry to say.

I duno alot of it seems likely usa will ethor subside like the british empire did ore thay will go mad and try and take over the world. i think the bush administratoin and the coperatoins that controle the american govement to a large exstent especaily on he higher levals would prefer usa to take over as mutch of the world as posable,

Heh. We forgave Von Braun's Nazi indiscretions long ago.
http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com/news/nat_recog.html

I agree with this whole thing of space crap, and the whole thing if tyrannical escalation. But that doesn't stop its possibility.

Yes our standard occupying army cannot thwart terrorist aggression, but given free fire on said homeland states for Terrorist, would be devastating. Our country grows bolder every day, and yet we sit around and vote hoping that it will make difference. It will make a difference, but not when we need it the most.

The same can be said for Israel, on the outside they look like they cant take care of terror, but its the human condition to kill each other. The Munich incident did happen, and the movie that Munich was based on is a true story. Don't think that our military has to fight by Mechanized rules of engagement. There are specialized teams, spies, counter insurgents, black tape or what ever you want to call it.

Imagine what would happen if the majority of people knew what kind of Spec Ops was going on, and you think the current war is bad. If the darker side of our military reared its head the war we see now would pale in comparison.

But the incidents where some bogus counter terror op goes awry, they are so few and in between, that we never notice it.

Keep your head on the outside of these bogus ideals, and make your own opinions. If the time comes to make them heard then by all means speak loudly so that every one can hear them.

I did think it was a cool post though lol. I forget, that the internet is world wide, so when i say our military i mean the US military.

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