(09-14-2023, 09:30 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: This is too funny. Some of the Dems are going after Musk even though the flaw in their allegations lies within their very own ranks. Joe calls this a witch hunt, btw. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/...38ba1&ei=7

The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend the private Starlink satellite network to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships near the Crimean coast...

...At the time of Ukraine’s request last year, Musk wasn’t getting any US funding for Starlink’s operations in Ukraine, although it currently is supported with Pentagon funds.

So, these Senators are butt hurt that Musk made an executive decision because he was paying the bills, not the U.S. government. Not to mention the Dems will now have to put poor old blundering Lloyd Austin on the spot again. Hilarious.

I don't see what's funny about it.
The government needs to have a conversation about Starlink and the decisions it makes in war zones.  This is a new technology with no real norms or rules.  They would be asking these questions and having these hearings even if it wasn't Musk.  And as always, the real interesting part will be behind closed doors.

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