US Ready to put Weapons in Space

An anonymous reader writes "The Guardian reports "America has begun preparing its next military objective - space. Documents reveal that the US Air Force has for the first time adopted a doctrine to establish 'space superiority'." If this goes ahead, it will be in violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty which forbids the militarization of space."

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Re:Oh, we've violating at treaty! Heavens!

[eclectic4]

"Oh, it's in violation of a treaty? I'm sure the Bush Administration will back off immediately once they find that out given their consistant respect for international law and unwavering dedication to peace in our time."

No kidding. Let's see...

Treaties revoked by George W. Bush.

The biodiversity Treaty

The Geneva Conventions

The Forest Protection Treaty

The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

1972 Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty

The 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

The 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination agains Women

The UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Chemical Weapons Convention

The International Criminal Court (Nicaragua anyone?)

We rule by force, and screw anyone who tries to tell us differenet. It's the new American paradigm, and it's beyond ludicrous. PreVENTIVE war, screw treaties and international law, screw any moral high ground we may have had in the past. Welcome to our nightmare...