Re:Trump directs establishment of U.S. force to dominate space
by frockington on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:35PM
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Considering the US has the worlds largest economy,the worlds largest military and funds most major global organizations, its safe to say they can change any international treaty they want.
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Re:Trump directs establishment of U.S. force to dominate space
by gonvaled on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:27PM
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Indeed. And by leading with that example, the US will find itself tasting its own medicine when (not if) power ratios change.
Same thing happened with cold war: once the US abused russia's weakness to increse its area of influence, all hope of moving to a fairer international order vanished. Russia remembers that.
The US has been relatively mild in abusing its power, compared to other historical powers, but is guilty of a very big crime: the undermining of the nascent international order.
It will come in due time, but it has been unnecessarily delayed.