Yep, Shrup will end the world. 2 Must Read DoD docs on future wars:

Well if you didn't already know, these clearly explain Chimp's desire to put people on Mars/Moon and why NASA got 5% of the recent spending bill. Pentagon scenarios for war in space go far beyond shooting down missiles that threaten the U.S. homeland. They call for airborne and orbiting weapons that could attack targets anywhere on Earth at virtually any moment. They call for weapons that could defend U.S. space armaments or satellites while blinding or destroying those of any potential adversary. They call, in short, for the United States to dominate warfare's ultimate high ground, potentially locking in U.S. military superiority for decades to come. Three key supporters of exploiting the U.S. lead in space warfare are Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

MSM should give themselves a pat on the back for their coverage of this issue.

This document literally redefines just about every aspect of war and introduces a whole new vocabulary, which will likely account for a significant portion of future White House Press Conferences. Below is the new purpose of war:

An Evolving Joint Perspective: US Joint Warfare and Crisis Resolution in the 21st Century
http://www.dtic.mil/jointvision/jwcr_screen.pdf

Enduring Purpose Of War(exactly as both appear)
Old: Violent clash of opposing wills
New:
• Impose will upon an adversary
• Politics by another means
• A better peace

This document lays out, in detail, what we plan on doing with/in/from space:

A few, of many, details from Chairman Donald Rumsfeld’s Report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization:

*Develop and deploy the means to deter and defend against hostile acts directed at U.S. space assets and against the uses of space hostile to U.S. interests.
*U.S. national security space interests be recognized as a top national security priority.
*The U.S. is more dependent on space than any other nation.
*In July 2000, the Xinhua news agency reported that China’s military is developing methods and strategies for defeating the U.S. military in a high-tech and space-based future war.
*The U.S. is an attractive candidate for a “Space Pearl Harbor.”
*The U.S. must participate actively in shaping the space legal and regulatory environment.

Other links:
http://www.dtic.mil/jointvision/
http://www.oft.osd.mil/library/library_files/document_383_ElementsOfTransformation_LR.pdf
http://www.oft.osd.mil/library/library_files/document_200_usaf_transformation_Pub_Release.pdf

necessary, unless we didn't piss so many people off, but the fact that it's Chimp/Rummy/Dickbag is rather unsettling, even though a lot of it won't be ready til after 2008. Plenty will be and the new vocabulary will likely be tested in the near future.

old jr is like a kid in a candy store , only this time he is ready to open pandora's box with new wyas to kill the rest of the world with us here and him on mar"s

It's just another gigantic waste of money to feed the military-industrial complex and reward fat-cat Republican donors.

Yup. The neo-cons sure had Pearl Harbor on their minds from the top of their occupation of our government.

From the Federation of American Scientists website:

"The urgent national debate about placing weapons in space has been stirred by three recent developments. First was the release of the January 11, 2001 Report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, chaired by then Secretary of Defense-designate, Donald Rumsfeld; the Rumsfeld Commission warned of a potential "Space Pearl Harbor" and inferred that placing weapons in space could be a response.

http://www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=297&contentId=311

What happens in space is nice enough, but what happens on Earth is more important.

Incidentally, can the US afford this? It seems doubtful right now, what with the deficit.

Better question. The people who benefit from PNAC stop where?

The planet?
The solar system?
The galaxy?
The local group?
The local cluster?
The super-cluster?
The cosmos?
The multiverse?

One thing's near-certain. Those running the military-industrial-intelligence Wall Street Big Oil KKK NAZI Mafia terror complex will hardly see the blips on their taxpayer-financed radar screens made by the billions of humans in their way.