What an extraordinary juxtaposition of US mastery and impotence on display today. Irony does not even begin to describe the literal heights and profound depths of American endeavours and influence in the world.
Fifty years since their last lunar expedition, American technical brio, meticulous preparation and planning has seen the faultless launch of four humans into space for ten days of flying loops around the Moon and our Earth. Watching it live on NASA Plus Youtube almost brought a tear to my eye.
The audacity and apparent cool competence of their teams of engineers, working seamlessly together in mastering all those technical systems and interactions was very impressive. Whether we really need to fly in space and prepare for lunar colonisation is of course a question for another day.
You can probably see where I’m going. Concurrently the US King made more nonsensical, rambling pronouncements about winning the war against Iran, them begging for a ‘deal’, bombing civilian facilities, taking them back to the Stone Age. And US allies will have to fend for themselves in cleaning up his mess in the Strait of Hormuz after he pulls out.
The demonstration of faulty, probably non-existent, strategic American war planning at the highest level is breathtaking, as the megalomaniacal destruction, supported or promoted by Israeli (depending on who you think is in charge) continues apace. Allies are screwed, oil and other trade disrupted, which reverberate literally around the world. As we look forward to probable inflation spikes and possible recessions. Total US management failure and an antithesis of the seamless lunar operation!
The pernicious abuse of American power by a determined autocrat at its apex again demonstrates the design fault of the US political system, where almost unfettered presidential authority can simply go rogue.
The rest of the world suffers as it must under Pax Americana.
P.S. *For younger folk: check Ralph and Alice in The Honeymooners.
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