He wasn't wrong, except that the point of the space race was demonstrating the country's ability to put a missile anywhere on Earth, not to explore space. Once you can send people to the moon and bring them back, you've proven that you can hit anywhere in the world with a missile. Staying longer, going further - those don't change the proof.
Okay that's pretty fucking cute.
Okay, this is my "conventional wisdom" understanding, which I expect and welcome corrections to --
Some of this is hindsight, we know there was a much higher level of "fight to the death" in WW2 Japan than there was in Germany at the same time. US military knew it based on their hand to hand experiences in the Pacific. Japanese POWs were fewer, I'm sure the "captured guy hiding a grenade" stories moved quickly (though I'm not sure how common that actually was). We found out later about the kamikaze pilots. That may have played a role in the "we have to bomb the population." Of course, racism also had something to do with it, both in US and Japanese actions throughout the war.
e: None of the above is meant to justify bombing civilians.
My brain automatically translated SBU to “Special Business Unit”.
Didn’t they also specifically target population centers, after having suffered the Blitz?
You feel like you have a target on your back, because you do. Your primary task now is to protect yourself. That might mean being armed. It definitely means building relationships with people around you. It should mean putting together a decent go bag.
I don't say any of this to be scary. It's just true. I have a trans son, also AuDHD, and it's fucking hard to face the reality of the gestures widely situation right now.
I have to wonder if the melting ice, changing where the weight of the world's water is, might have an impact on the frequency of earthquakes and volcanoes.
Eh ... no. Raised lightly Catholic. We went to church on Sundays, none of it made any sense to me, and my parents never talked about it. I never really bought it. I skipped a grade early on, so when all the other kids were seven and I was six, and the class was doing all sorts of magical "getting ready for First Communion" shit, the teacher (an old Sister), made sure to point out every day that I wouldn't be participating.
Six year old me had a real strong sense of justice, and I knew that was wholly unfair, not to mention unkind, calling me out as "different" every single day. The contradiction between that and an "all-loving god" was obvious.
But if we apply secondary sanctions, how will Russia funnel payments to certain individuals with power in the US?
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Come on.