Dems Plan To Scuttle Space Force.......

Free Beacon ^ | 9/23/2021 | Jack Beyer

[caww]

House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a measure in the 2022 defense budget to eliminate the Space Force.

Rep. Jared Huffman (D., Calif.) led a resolution, cosigned by fellow Democratic representatives Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Mark Pocan (Wis.), and Jésus García (Calif.), to "abolish" America's newest military branch. The measure received support from the Koch-funded National Taxpayers Union and radical anti-war groups such as Peace Action and Demand Progress.

The push to defund the Space Force comes as China increasingly threatens the United States. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said Monday that China is developing means to bombard American targets from space.

China has launched satellites and a space station, threatening American dominance in space. Simulated war drills show that Beijing would likely exploit American vulnerabilities in space as a first move in a takeover of Taiwan.

[Moltke]

Ironic, really, since a good number of their voters are Space Cadets.

[Feckless]

Yeah, put that money in Buggy Whips...

[Wilderness Conservative]

It must be true that the SF has all the proof the election was stolen.

[PapaBear3625]

Just let Elon give us good internet coverage over the planet and push the UN to declare space off limits to the war machines. I’d like to see a peace dividend instead of another arms race.

And if the Chinese (or whoever) decide to ignore the UN rules?

[GOPJ]

China has launched satellites and a space station, threatening American dominance in space. Simulated war drills show that Beijing would likely exploit American vulnerabilities in space as a first move in a takeover of Taiwan.

China owns half of DC anyhow... I assume Hunter and the Big Guy AND half the Pentagon will be richly'rewarded' by the Chinese for a plan to scrap Space Force...

[GOPJ]

China has launched satellites and a space station, threatening American dominance in space. Simulated war drills show that Beijing would likely exploit American vulnerabilities in space as a first move in a takeover of Taiwan.

China owns half of DC anyhow... I assume Hunter and the Big Guy AND half the Pentagon will be richly 'rewarded' by the Chinese for a plan to scrap Space Force...

[bhl]

Depends on what China does. War with China is MAD.

Someone screws this up and explodes a few satellites, all of space could be littered with debris and make all satellites fail. Fuck Lockheed. They’ve accomplished nothing but a $20T war tab with no wins.

[Redleg Duke]

Don’t count on it. Remember who “owns” the pResident!