seems you ways of thinking are clearing up a bit, glad to see that
LOL... the way I see it, we do some awful shit, but the pricks on the other side of the pond would do the same thing if given the opportunity. The people that run the nations are evil, lying bastards. They have to be. Cause the nations run by good folks have all been attacked, conquered, and taken over by the bad guys.
IMO, space supremacy is the goal now, as the first nation who can effectively take out the other 2 super powers, will do it. They'll have to, as the others will do it when they can. That high energy phase weapon, that'll be the ticket. China's shooting down a satellite - calibrating their weapons to defend against it?
Doesn't matter. I'm betting our NY times will blame the "sudden massive blasts in moscow and beijing" on them attacking each other. CTers will sound "crazy" as they point out that the US was mobilizing men for the cleanup 8 weeks before, or putting so-and-so into orbit for the position where XYZ came from.
Whatever. It's gonna happen when it happens, none of us can stop it nor affect it. But it's a fun ride to watch!