[r9etb]

This is essentially the same argument used by the Nuclear Freeze and Disarmament types. IOW, our bad behavior will cause others to respond.

There is a nugget of truth to this, but it shouldn't cause us to overlook the obvious.

Much of our current military supremacy depends on our use of space. Thus, any country (i.e., China, Russia, or the EU) that wants to take us on militarily is going to go after our space assets. That's the only way they stand a chance on the battlefield.

Space will be weaponized. That's just the facts of life.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

IOW, our bad behavior will cause others to respond.

I consider it national security. I have no desire to be a guinea pig for the next, communism will work if you do it right, experiment.