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Hello Dennis Katsonis!

** On Wednesday 23.03.22 - 20:49, you wrote to me:

 AA>> https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/elon-musks-starlink-satellites-
 AA>> helping-ukraine-drones-destroy-russian-tanks-report/

 DK> That's great, companies are now fighting wars themselves.
 DK> This is a worrying development as we have unaccounted for,
 DK> undemocratic, rogue entities now shaping politics.

I wouldn't call Musk's involvement rogue.


 DK> China is taking note of this, and the message here to the
 DK> world (and to China) is that you can rely less on the USA,
 DK> because no matter what your official political
 DK> relationship with the USA is, companies will do their own
 DK> thing.

Perhaps there is such a thing as the right thing.  :/


 DK> Unless Elon is acting on behalf of the US government, in
 DK> which case this couldbe construed as an act of war.

I see it as Musk just taking an initiative on humanitarian  
grounds to help restore what an unwelcome aggressor has  
destroyed: communications.

A gov't doing it could take too long to get organized.

It would be not different if a bunch of doctors got organized  
on their own, call themselves Drs Without Borders, and go help  
people with meds and medical expertise.


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  ../|ug

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