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It is up to the pentagon, the intelligence officials, and, in this case, NORAD officials to brief the president on incursions or breaches of our air space. That didn't happen. And, it didn't happen because the guy from NORAD admitted that they were unaware. And, the truth is..... if any balloons from China previously breached US air space, it was brief. This time, it wasn't. In fact, it lasted for days. Which shows that the CCP does not fear the Biden administration. They have shown they are weak. |
Game this out, you saw how the military took out the balloon over the Atlantic ocean, right? So if that happens over the ground, 1) where does the missile land? 2) what 20 square mile area do you want the debris to fall? |
Why? If the right is going to criticize Biden for not knowing about a balloon until three days after the military knew about it, then understanding that Trump may not have been briefed on it either is important context. Why was the military not making these urgent briefs for the upper management of our country? |
There was ample opportunity to take out the sucker before it reached the continental US. And, that 20 square miles argument.. another bunch of BS. |
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/chinese-spy-balloon-carried-multiple-antennas-collecting-signals-intel-rcna69898
Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said that the U.S. has gathered extensive information about the Chinese surveillance balloons over time and will be able to detect them in the future. This paragraph is kind of the key. Thanks Joe! |
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So hopefully our government has learned that we need to shoot down anything Chinese as soon as it enters our waters in future. Certainly not only when it reaches landfall. |
What reason are you guys proposing for why Biden would not shoot it down if that was the best option? He WANTS to be spied on? Is that your claim? |
Biden will only order a shoot down when Pooh gives him permission to do so. Chain of Command, people. |
What they said they learned is how to detect it earlier so it no longer will be a risk to the US. |
The balloon was handled appropriately. President Biden followed the recommendations of the military, as he should. A week ago, DOD said “Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information.” |
+100 This is a pretty important detail that all of the conspiracy nutters above avoid like the plague. They don’t even believe the news reports of quoted officials who all confirmed the facts. Any fact they don’t agree with they just ignore and call fake news. So predictable. |
This |