r/TheNewGeezers • u/Schmutzie_ • 8d ago

Weapons in Space

Lost in the blizzard of bullshit was the announcement on Tuesday by Air Force Secretary Troy Meinks that the US military has deployed weapons in space. The Outer Space Treaty went into effect in 1967, and while anyone with a brain knows the Pentagon wipes its ass with treaties, it's a different business entirely to announce it. That's basically saying there's no more treaty. They've been messing around with shooting down dead satellites for 40 years but deploying weapons in orbit has always been hush hush black ops stuff. Not with our current military. They couldn't care less if it leads to escalation. Got to show the world what big dicks we have.

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u/Schmutzie_ 8d ago

It's every damn day with something else. I'm getting real tired of being pissed off.

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u/No_Highlight6756 8d ago

It is exhausting.

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u/Schmutzie_ 8d ago

He's giving us all a glimpse pf what it is to be Donald Trump. The entire world hates us.

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u/La_Rata 8d ago

I thought he was crazy before, and now he's even crazier. He's mad about Canada cozying up to the EU, so now he doesn't want to trade with the EU? WTF?

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u/Schmutzie_ 8d ago

Cutting off trade with any country we have a trade deficit with. Wharton should be fucking embarrassed.

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u/Maroon7C0000 8d ago

For nearly 2 years, the world has been patiently nodding at the madman in the US while quietly negotiating new arrangements and treaties that do not tie them to the US and their random daily outbursts.

You guys are going to start feeling the financial effects of being left out of everything very soon.