Declaring Unilateral War on Mars!

[acroyear]

The Frontal Cortex : Space and Unilateral Action:

Posted on: October 18, 2006 11:15 AM, by Jonah Lehrer

Because our foreign policy of unilateral action has worked out so well here on earth, the Bush Administration has decided that we should also apply it to the rest of the universe. Just think how many distant solar systems will welcome us as liberators! From the Washington Post:

President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests."

The document, the first full revision of overall space policy in 10 years, emphasizes security issues, encourages private enterprise in space, and characterizes the role of U.S. space diplomacy largely in terms of persuading other nations to support U.S. policy.

"Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power," the policy asserts in its introduction.

In the famous words of Gilbert Godfried: WHAT THE FUCK????

Comments

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Honest to shit, I read those paragraphs and thought it was a parody from The Onion...

Whoa, hold on, back up there...

[greendalek.livejournal.com]

asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests."

Say HUH? In other words nobody goes into space unless the U.S. says it's okay? How's THIS little assertion gonna play in Europe, China, India, South America, etc.?

yuck

[zammis.livejournal.com]

you need a duck dodgers icon for this topic

Re: yuck

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

yes, i do requests. icon so changed.

Re: yuck

[dawntreader]

at least something good came out of this ridiculous scenario. nice icon.