Posted on 10/18/2022 6:57:53 PM PDT by lowbridge
On October 7 Musk claimed on Twitter SpaceX had already eaten $80 million in costs for the operation, a price tag that is expected to hit $100 million by the end of the year.
“We are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an indefinite period of time,” SpaceX’s director of government sales wrote to the Pentagon in a September letter that was obtained by CNN.
That Musk no longer wanted SpaceX to pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine and was asking the Pentagon to foot the bill didn’t sit well with many, especially since Musk doesn’t appear to be a fan of the war in Ukraine, which has led to accusations that he’s a Putin stooge.
Musk this week announced that SpaceX has withdrawn its request for the Pentagon to fund Starlink in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Pentagon announced that it has “held discussions about funding for the company’s Starlink,” suggesting that perhaps some agreement is being reached.
Some have suggested a simpler solution, however. On Monday, journalist and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum said the federal government should be laying the groundwork to seize Starlink from Musk.
“It was always unreasonable, and is becoming unwise, to expect [Musk] to provide Internet to Ukraine for free forever. Western allies should pay,” said Frum, who is currently an editor at The Atlantic and an MSNBC contributor. “And US should have a plan ready to nationalize Starlink fast if Musk cuts off Ukraine's connection to advance his political agenda.”
Frum then shared a link to an article on the National Constitution Center, which explored Woodrow Wilson’s order nationalizing the entire US rail system during World War I.
“There's abundant precedent for US government seizure of critical infrastructure during wars or
(Excerpt) Read more at fee.org ...
You will own nothing, and we will own everything.
Form?
Did Biden write this headline?
Unfortunately this is what our country is coming to.
Frum, tat piece of shit.
Um...what war?
We are not at war.
Sieze is not a pretty word...don’t like it at all.
And though this guy talks about wartime precedent (BS as that is), WE are NOT at war. Find the precedent for the government nationalizing a company because someone else is at war.
The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!
Now they putting out feelers to attack the Nation's greatest industrialist since Henry Ford...
No Big Deal!
Our communist masters know that the pathetically servile and indolent Aamerican people will just continue to roll over and spread their collective cheeks...
The Aamerican people now understand that the First Amendment calls for them to:
Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...
A lot of these political operatives like Frum must grumble to themselves ...
“If only I had been born in 1910 ... and in Germany! D$%n my rotten luck!”
Sooo...they want to seize Facebook too?
Suddenly, fascism is cool. Man, this country gets more frightening with each passing day.
On the bright side, I have no further illusions that there are any real “experts” in this country. There are really only individuals with a favored agenda to drive and media people who seek out and use these agenda driven people to further whatever narrative is desired to be dialed up at the moment.
“It was always unreasonable, and is becoming unwise, to expect [Musk] to provide Internet to Ukraine for free forever. Western allies should pay,” said Frum, who is currently an editor at The Atlantic and an MSNBC contributor. “And US should have a plan ready to nationalize Starlink fast if Musk cuts off Ukraine’s connection to advance his political agenda.”
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From the Bush wing of the Uniparty fascist globalist establishment. Are your eyes being opened?
no need. Zuckerberg already does what the deep state wants without asking.
I’m on Starlink right now. If the feds seize it, I’m out.
No need to. Zuckercyborg kisses gooberment heiney better than any other corporate shill.
Why would the feds steal it from the feds?
Interesting way to encourage people to be inventive. Just seize any invention and folks will flock to create thing that government can use to control the flock. And don’t worry about getting credit for the invention. You won’t live long enough for it to matter anyway.
Frum believes in freedom.(Sarcasm)
If the government tariffs a foreign good that is bad according to neocon Frum.
If the government steal assets because people or countries “Do wrong.” That’s ok with neocon Frum.
Maybe Frum is a bum who should be ignored and ostracized.
Oh, ok, then we can seize the Soros fortune, and then Bezos, and Gates, why just stop with Musk. If this moron doesn’t see what he is suggesting and how it leads to communism?
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