Thursday, February 14, 2008

Hypocrisy Shout Out...Again

Maybe I should just number these and post as I find. So let's call this one Hypocrisy Shout Out #2...

As you may have already heard, there is a damaged American spy satellite heading towards Earth. It is believed that it will impact in early March and the thinking heads down South have been deciding what to do about it; let it crash land? shoot it out of the sky?
"President George W. Bush, acting on advice of security officials, has decided to try to shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth's atmosphere."
Sounds reasonable. But reading on...
"Last year, China drew criticism from a host of countries, including the U.S., after it used a missile to shoot down an old weather satellite about 865 kilometres above the Earth. The move was widely viewed as one that could lead to the increasing militarization of space."
Ah. There's the hypocrisy. I knew we'd find it if we persevered through the entire article. America can do whatever the frak they want, even if they deride it in the first place. Is it to protect their secret imaging sensor on board? That's what the White House says, but what does the military say?
"Joint Chiefs of Staff vice-chairman Gen. James Cartwright denied that, saying classified technology is not an issue because the heating that would occur on re-entry would destroy any technology and "would not justify using a missile to shoot it down." "
And does anyone really believe that America is against the militarization of space? Isn't it more likely that they're against the militarization of space by anybody other than themselves? Seems like they're just jealous that they didn't already get to shoot missiles into space; "It will be the first time the U.S. has ever attempted to shoot a spacecraft down with a surface-to-air missile, Cartwright said."

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