[Iconoclast2]

I find the hypothesis that the Commies (or someone advancing their interests) took over in the mid-1960s to early 1970s to explain an awful lot of data. It's not just space defense, it's policy area after policy area where the United States shoots itself in the foot.

As always, of course, there is the competing hypothesis of pure stupidity, but as McCarthy once said, before the Commies got rid of him, if it were just stupidity or accidental mistakes, occasionally one of these "mistakes" would favor the interests of the United States.

[Paul Ross]

I find the hypothesis that the Commies (or someone advancing their interests) took over in the mid-1960s to early 1970s to explain an awful lot of data. It's not just space defense, it's policy area after policy area where the United States shoots itself in the foot. As always, of course, there is the competing hypothesis of pure stupidity, but as McCarthy once said, before the Commies got rid of him, if it were just stupidity or accidental mistakes, occasionally one of these "mistakes" would favor the interests of the United States.

Bump!

One Freeper of note who had a chance to work in Reagan's SDI program got a chance to see the sabotage up close: He was told, up front, at Los Alamos that the program was not going to be for the U.S., but some international super government...not the U.S...and that if he didn't like it...he could leave, but that in any case, the conversation would be denied.