the need to know...i'm glad some of us have it...i wish i didn't...one feels the pressure of what one doesn't know anyway...either way, one has no choice...but chance....

The US is formally committed to dominating the world by the year 2020. With President Trump’s new Space Directive-4, the production of laser-armed fighter jets as possible precursors to space weapons, and the possibility of nuclear warheads being put into orbit, the clock is ticking…
Back in 1997, the now-re-established US Space Command announced its commitment to “full spectrum dominance.” The Vision for 2020 explains that “full spectrum dominance” means military control over land, sea, air, and space (the so-called fourth dimension of warfare) “to protect US interests and investment.” “Protect” means guarantee operational freedom. “US interest and investment” means corporate profits.

but then, you hear different things, like the empire as weakening as it expands, that it is ready to collapse, and you hear the held breath escaping.