Spy Balloon!

[sweetisland2009]

Exactly. It should have been shot down in the Pacific Ocean or wherever before it even came over land. Biden let's it complete its flight through our whole country. Someone needs to take his freakin keys away.

Actually even while over land it could have been shot down, way before it reached anywhere near Montana. It was over the Aleutian Islands initially, then a nearly uninhabited area of Alaska last Sunday. Say what you will but Trump would have shot it down then, and stroked his ego publicly about it way sooner than Biden is now.

Inside the Montana 'nuclear doomsday' base under Chinese spy balloon

Montana is famed for its empty plains, wild river canyons and its status as home to one of the nation's three publicly known large-scale nuclear missile silos.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[sweetisland2009]

Damn this thread is still going. I forgot I even made it LOL.

you made it one day ago though. Like yesterday.

That’s some good shit you’re puffin on though so I’m ok with it. Still funny

 

[Fogdog]

Exactly. It should have been shot down in the Pacific Ocean or wherever before it even came over land. Biden let's it complete its flight through our whole country. Someone needs to take his freakin keys away.

Actually even while over land it could have been shot down, way before it reached anywhere near Montana. It was over the Aleutian Islands initially, then a nearly uninhabited area of Alaska last Sunday. Say what you will but Trump would have shot it down then, and stroked his ego publicly about it way sooner than Biden is now.

Inside the Montana 'nuclear doomsday' base under Chinese spy balloon

Montana is famed for its empty plains, wild river canyons and its status as home to one of the nation's three publicly known large-scale nuclear missile silos.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Should the US take the policy that it will shoot down Chinese aircraft that it believes doesn't pose a risk whether it's in international airspace or US? Yeah, that's it. What could possibly go wrong?

Why didn’t US shoot down suspected Chinese spy balloon? Expert explains

Ret. Gen. Philip Breedlove believes the U.S. does not want to begin shooting things that may be in areas considered contentious.

www.newsnationnow.com

Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Ret. Gen. Philip Breedlove, believes one reason could be that the U.S. does not want to begin shooting things that may be in areas considered contentious.

“The first thing that comes to mind is, you know that if we shoot something down Chinese because it’s in our airspace, we fly in a lot of places in the South China Sea with our aircraft and things where China claims that as their airspace. There may be a consideration out there that we don’t want to start a process of shooting things that are in these kinds of contested areas,” Ret. Gen. Breedlove told NewsNation host Leland Vittert in an interview.

 

[sweetisland2009]

Should the US take the policy that it will shoot down Chinese aircraft that it believes doesn't pose a risk whether it's in international airspace or US? Yeah, that's it. What could possibly go wrong?

Why didn’t US shoot down suspected Chinese spy balloon? Expert explains

Ret. Gen. Philip Breedlove believes the U.S. does not want to begin shooting things that may be in areas considered contentious.

www.newsnationnow.com

Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Ret. Gen. Philip Breedlove, believes one reason could be that the U.S. does not want to begin shooting things that may be in areas considered contentious.

“The first thing that comes to mind is, you know that if we shoot something down Chinese because it’s in our airspace, we fly in a lot of places in the South China Sea with our aircraft and things where China claims that as their airspace. There may be a consideration out there that we don’t want to start a process of shooting things that are in these kinds of contested areas,” Ret. Gen. Breedlove told NewsNation host Leland Vittert in an interview.

glad you quoted Breedlove.

Breedlove: Trump has put US back at world leadership table

President Trump to chair U.N. Security Council session to press world leaders on Iran; former NATO supreme allied commander Gen. Breedlove reacts.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Budley Doright]

How does the great ballon caper make democrats look bad?

Inflation???

 

[Budley Doright]

Should the US take the policy that it will shoot down Chinese aircraft that it believes doesn't pose a risk whether it's in international airspace or US? Yeah, that's it. What could possibly go wrong?

Why didn’t US shoot down suspected Chinese spy balloon? Expert explains

Ret. Gen. Philip Breedlove believes the U.S. does not want to begin shooting things that may be in areas considered contentious.

www.newsnationnow.com

Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Ret. Gen. Philip Breedlove, believes one reason could be that the U.S. does not want to begin shooting things that may be in areas considered contentious.

“The first thing that comes to mind is, you know that if we shoot something down Chinese because it’s in our airspace, we fly in a lot of places in the South China Sea with our aircraft and things where China claims that as their airspace. There may be a consideration out there that we don’t want to start a process of shooting things that are in these kinds of contested areas,” Ret. Gen. Breedlove told NewsNation host Leland Vittert in an interview.

It worked out well for Iran, they looked tough .

 

[Polly Wog]

A good waste of helium if you ask me.

 

[Budley Doright]

A good waste of helium if you ask me.

Ummm hydrogen lol.

 

[CunningCanuk]

Inflation???

 

[Fogdog]

A good waste of helium if you ask me.

A good waste of hot air in this thread too.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Russia killing ukranians by the thousands .........................cool

China sends hot air balloon over US........................... kill them!!!

Trumpers are funny

only when they're trying to be serious...

 

[Fogdog]

yeah, some don't get that gratuitously mocking accents has the whiff of racism. Emphasis on gratuitously.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

I don't trust politicians. And it doesn't matter if it's a threat or not it's an incursion at the very least. And in turn it shows both Canada and United States to be weak in the eyes of Chinese communist party. Do you honestly believe China would allow a spy balloon from the United States or Canada to float freely over to our country?

what course of study did you complete to make you competent to judge the reaction of the Chinese government?
https://time.com/6252673/chinese-spy-balloon-satellite/#:~:text=Why use balloons when satellites,of the end of 2021.
it might have been a spy balloon, but it seems like if it was, it was more of a message than a real effort to spy...something along the lines of "you just did something that we don't like, and are about to send someone we don't like, so here's something you won't like."

perhaps other people could look for pertinent links occasionally, and post them, so people have something relevant to draw information from, instead of wildly speculating, usually reaching very wrong conclusions...

 

[Sir Napsalot]

I don't trust politicians.

Who do you trust?

 

[Budley Doright]

So you think the Chinese would think the US would send a balloon over rather than use its military satellites?

It seems ballon’s are making a comeback

 

[Fogdog]

Oh please. We're racist because we don't want a Chinese Spy Balloon flying over our country? If we flew one over China would you call them racist when they shot it down?

That's not what I said. I said that there is a whiff of racism in the extreme alarm MAGA exhibits over this. MAGA's reaction goes far beyond what the risk assessment US military has deemed it to be. "The risk (to people, property or national security) was lower than the one posed to the very low risk that somebody might have been harmed by falling debris if the balloon had been shot down over land".

You guys were responding way beyond the actual risk. In context of the many other over-reactions Trump and MAGA have made over China compared to a comparable adversary, Russia, I don't think it's unreasonable to say there is a whiff of racism in the things MAGA are saying.

Not saying YOU are racist, but am saying that MAGA's overreaction politically toward all things Chinese compared to what they say about Russia has racist over tones. For example:

TUCKER CARLSON: Biden administration's stance on Chinese spy balloon is scary

Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls out thee Biden administration's response to the Chinese spy balloon flying over the U.S. on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

www.foxnews.com

Jesse Watters: The Chinese balloon is sucking up all of our secrets

Just saying, those responses go way beyond what our military says is reasonable. I do not believe Fox opinion would have been so alarmist if the balloon had come from Russia and our military advisors had said the same thing. A whiff of racism. That's all. Don't go all "MAGA China" on me.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

See!!! Just as I said “the politic section is a lovefest”!!!

Yeah but not like it was when Uncle Buck was King Pimp. What ever happened to that big dick motherfucker?

 

[cannabineer]

That's not what I said. I said that there is a whiff of racism in the extreme alarm MAGA exhibits over this. MAGA's reaction goes far beyond what the risk assessment US military has deemed it to be. "The risk (to people, property or national security) was lower than the one posed to the very low risk that somebody might have been harmed by falling debris if the balloon had been shot down over land".

You guys were responding way beyond the actual risk. In context of the many other over-reactions Trump and MAGA have made over China compared to a comparable adversary, Russia, I don't think it's unreasonable to say there is a whiff of racism in the things MAGA are saying.

Not saying YOU are racist, but am saying that MAGA's overreaction politically toward all things Chinese compared to what they say about Russia has racist over tones. For example:

TUCKER CARLSON: Biden administration's stance on Chinese spy balloon is scary

Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls out thee Biden administration's response to the Chinese spy balloon flying over the U.S. on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

www.foxnews.com

Jesse Watters: The Chinese balloon is sucking up all of our secrets

Just saying, those responses go way beyond what our military says is reasonable. I do not believe Fox opinion would have been so alarmist if the balloon had come from Russia and our military advisors had said the same thing. A whiff of racism. That's all. Don't go all "MAGA China" on me.

What I find fascinating is that your pointing out the ugly undertone impelled him to post a suggestion of violence. You might just have hit a sensitive spot.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

That's not what I said. I said that there is a whiff of racism in the extreme alarm MAGA exhibits over this. MAGA's reaction goes far beyond what the risk assessment US military has deemed it to be. "The risk (to people, property or national security) was lower than the one posed to the very low risk that somebody might have been harmed by falling debris if the balloon had been shot down over land".

You guys were responding way beyond the actual risk. In context of the many other over-reactions Trump and MAGA have made over China compared to a comparable adversary, Russia, I don't think it's unreasonable to say there is a whiff of racism in the things MAGA are saying.

Not saying YOU are racist, but am saying that MAGA's overreaction politically toward all things Chinese compared to what they say about Russia has racist over tones. For example:

TUCKER CARLSON: Biden administration's stance on Chinese spy balloon is scary

Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls out thee Biden administration's response to the Chinese spy balloon flying over the U.S. on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

www.foxnews.com

Jesse Watters: The Chinese balloon is sucking up all of our secrets

Just saying, those responses go way beyond what our military says is reasonable. I do not believe Fox opinion would have been so alarmist if the balloon had come from Russia and our military advisors had said the same thing. A whiff of racism. That's all. Don't go all "MAGA China" on me.

I truly would like to Make America Great Again. We just gotta get rid of the Confused in Chief first.