China's "Star Wars" stoking the paranoid fantasies of Pentagon hawks

According to the AFP, the political elites in Beijing is currently going all-out in showing the hawks in the Pentagon that more than one country has the capability to blow things up in outer space. In this case, China has successfully shot down one of its orbiting satellites, just to prove to the sole remaining superpower that it can.

And the Financial Times notes the obvious: "The Chinese test may or may not lead to a new arms race in space. But it will certainly strengthen the hand of hawks in Washington who regard Chinese power as a strategic threat to the US,"

But someone should point out to the FT's editorial board that the hawks in Washington are not only eyeing China, but Russia as well. Because the hawks will never run out of enemies- their paranoid-delusional worldview and complete detatchment from the real world is their defining characteristic.

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