Actually I was refering to the lack of Capitalist governments on the moon, and was not proposing to send ranxer there. I get told to leave my country often enough and it really shits me. "If you don't like it, why don't you move?" - I fucking hate it.
On the actual article itself, I got an article practicaly the same on May 29, so the I wasn't surprised about it's content (who is?). I am surprised, however, to see the BBC report it.
The war in Iraq reminds alot of people about Vietnam, and along with the winning the war and winning the Hearts and Minds of the paople, the govt needs to prevent mass action on the homefront from spoiling everything. There is an image of the Vietnam Vets being pot smoking baby killers, and the image of a brave and heroic Jessica Lynch and her rescuers was supposed to cover that up.