I don’t think it’s going to happen - I think the editors past and present have encouraged that authors have an opinion and it’s part of Jnik’s identity. It certainly gets old when it feels like the opinion is causing a lot of research to be overlooked, but it’s supposed to make the piece more engaging.

If you want to go down that road we can, but my point is about the lack of consistency in the coverage of both events. The media used the word “killed” when it came to Osama bin Laden and the New York Times also threw in the phrase “targeted assault”. They didn’t almost unanimously call it an assassination like they…

It was not an assassination. Quit playing into the fake news media’s talking point. Even Obama’s DHS secretary has debunked this one. If it was an assassination, so was the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Obviously appeasement is the answer... Except the Left has been claiming Trump is a Russian stooge for years, so how can they now argue he is being too hawkish on Russia?

It’s just Leftism talking. We have to abandon all military power and then everyone else will suddenly agree. Any sign of military power being flexed is a catastrophe that will certainly plunge us immediately into nuclear war.  Etc.

Because Orange Man bad.

So Russia cheats, and likely hasn’t honored it for years, and we respond with a missile test, and you say we are all worse off for it because we show our strength?

Sure, makes sense. Putin will definitely respond with fear when we send him a strongly worded letter indicating he needs to stop cheating.

The only reason…

One could make a pretty good case that Russia—a country that assassinates dissidents abroad, backs regimes that use chemical weapons against civilians, and intentionally bombs hospitals, is the bad actor here. One could also make the case that Russia needs to be punished for violating the treaty, and the U.S. is…

No way. You’re grossly over-estimating the significance of insurance. You can go an get any care you wish at anytime you wish. You MAY have to pay for some of it out of pocket. Typically, disputes arise from the COST of the service itself (Hospital, you billed us $50 for a $10 pill. We’ll pay $10; we’re not paying you…

So, you’d prefer a system where some bureaucrat who doesn’t really know you gets to decide whether you’re worth spending money on or whether you should just be left to die/deal with whatever you’re dealing with? No thanks...

Why do you think these can’t be used for missile defense? Even low flying shore to ship missiles are still more than capable of being blown out of the sky.

I can absolutely, positively say that you are not fully informed.

Maybe. But it won’t be useless against gigantic kittens!

Well, we’re going to have to disagree on that one.

Inclination changes take a lot of fuel, but can be done. The other problem is that you need to conserve fuel for your reentry burn too, so unless you want to do nothing but haul fuel to orbit, the mission planners try to avoid any unnecessary changes.

Oh, it’s EXACTLY what they should have.

Non-space guy here.

Please explain to this old Libertarian why young American blood should be spilled for this cause.

Iran has never directly attacked the US.

It’s possible to be against the US foreign policy in the Middle East and not just whitewash the Iranian Regime’s actions.