[lbo-talk] A (Megalo) Mania For Control: Hubris In Oribital Action

[Dwayne Monroe]

[One of the most important lessons you learn, if
you're fortunatnate and you're paying attention, is
the simple fact that you can't control everything.
I've posted about this before but it's so astounding,
and this article states the situation so well, that I
thought it worthwhile to do so again.  It may sound
like soft headed metaphysics to say so, but I'm
convinced that this mania for control will be the
downfall of the dominant system.]

Now the US wants control of space 

By Julian Coman in Washington
(Filed: 08/06/2003) 

The United States is planning to take control of parts
of space and develop patrolling military aircraft in
orbit as part of a revived Star Wars proposal for an
American military empire above the ozone layer.

According to James Roche, the US Air Force Secretary,
America's allies would have "no veto power" over
projects designed to achieve American military control
of space.

The key theme of the ambitious plans is described as
"negation" - the denial of the use of space for
military intelligence, or other purposes, without
American endorsement.

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full at

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/08/wspace08.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/06/08/ixnewstop.html

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