Here Come the US Space Corps

[Straight Shooter]

Star Trek has Starfleet, Star Wars has the Imperial Navy, and Halo has the United Nations Space Command. But for the moment, real-life Earthlings of the United States don’t have a cool sci-fi name for their space military.

That could change soon. Legislation has been drafted by the House Armed Services Committee to form the “Space Corps” — a new branch of the US military that would come under the command of the Air Force, and deal with threats to American national security occurring outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

The draft legislation was worked up by both Republican and Democrat House representatives, who said that there was “bipartisan acknowledgement that the strategic advantages we derive from our national security space systems are eroding,” Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN) and Mike Rogers (R-AL) said in a statement that they were “convinced that the Department of Defense is unable to take the measures necessary to address these challenges effectively and decisively, or even recognize the nature and scale of its problems.”

The Air Force currently has its own Space Command wing, but should the new legislation become law, it would require the creation of the Space Corps “as a separate military service responsible for national security space programs for which the Air Force is today responsible.” Said Space Corps would no doubt carry on some of the secretive projects that Air Force Space Command is currently undertaking in the upper reaches of our atmosphere, but could also (theoretically) be called upon to defend Earth against extraterrestrial threats one day.

That’s if the Space Corps idea isn’t shot down before it can blast off, anyway. The Air Force is currently against the formation of a new branch, arguing that it would cause organizational confusion and delay existing projects. “I don’t support it at this time,” Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein said in May. “I would say that we keep that dialog open, but right now I think it would actually move us backwards.”

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15860048/us-space-corps-legislation-proposed

So cool

 

[sean miguel]

The Air Force is against it when they themselves were formed from out of the Army Air Corps.

I like it. Would their officer candidates be called "space cadets?"


US Space Corps: Going Above and Beyond

 

[Supafly]

Finally! Dammit, I was born too early and ion the wrong country.

 

[Will E Worm]

Another lie to get more money.

Also, a bad idea.


We don't want a totalitarian globalist society like Starship Troopers.

 

[sean miguel]

We don't want a totalitarian globalist society like Starship Troopers.

speak for yourself.

 

[Will E Worm]

speak for yourself.

I speak for everyone, with any sense. :tongue:

 

[Johan]

 

[Will E Worm]

THE TREATY OF TRIPOLI is of particular interest as secularists attempt to use its wording as a definitive expression of the intent of America's founders regarding religion and government.

An in-depth examination, though, may prove this untenable.

In 1795, Muslim Barbary Pirates of Algiers captured 115 American sailors. The U.S. paid ransom of nearly a million dollars.

Tripoli followed Shari'a Law which prohibited them from making treaties with 'infidel' Christians:

As Joel Barlow realized that Islamic law forbade Muslims from making friendship alliances with infidel nations, he tried to separate in their minds that they were not negotiating with the Christian religion, but with a "nation-state."

This was a necessary distinction to make, as Muslims had been at war with the "Christian nations" of Europe for over 1,000 years.

The concept of a "nation-state" where citizens had freedom of conscience to join or leave a religion as they wished was unfamiliar and unwelcome to fundamental Muslims, as it still is today among groups like ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The wording of the Treaty of Tripoli of 1797 was not intended to devalue Christianity's historical contribution to the founding of America, but rather it was an attempt to negotiate with Muslims using phraseology which would oblige them to honor the treaty.

Barbary Pirates & Treaty of Tripoli:
an in-depth examination

In a 1998 speech – CAIR’s founder Omar Ahmad stated the following: “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth.”

Speaking Straight: It’s Time to Ban Islam In America

 

[Johan]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

Religion
1 : the state of a religious a nun in her 20th year of religionb (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

Islam fits this definition. It is a religion, therefore it and its practice is protected by the First Amendment. If you want to ban Isla, you're gonna have to repeal the First Amendment. Good luck with that

 

[Will E Worm]

Johan is attempting comedy. :dotdot:

:tongue: