So shoot it down and hope debris doesn't hurt or kill someone? Genius!
Um shoot it down *before* it's over the US or while it's over the Aleutian islands where nobody lives or even Montana.
See that’s the brilliance of Biden. Let the Chinese wonder for a week what he was going to do to their balloon. Then once it had crossed all the way across the US and the Chinese thought they were in the clear, BLAM! Shoot that mofo with a missile. Now that’s BADASS.
Can someone explain to me how Biden and Trump compare on their balloon strategies and which one came out ahead? I need to know to make an informed choice at the ballot box but am currently so confused.
Easy. You don’t see any balloons flying around now, do you? You know why? Because Badass Biden doesn’t allow that sh1t in his watch. The moment (plus maybe a week) Biden sees it, he’s sending missiles to send that thing to the bottom of the ocean. BLAM!
That sounds compelling. Unless the Trumpers have a comeback, I’m inclined to be voting for the BLAM! balloon strategy.
You 'doubt' Brandon wouldn't have done anything?! He knew about it the moment it came into our ADIZ off the coast of Alaska. If the Billings (MO) Gazette hadn't blown the story open Blinken would still be going to China to give Xi the handjob he was promised and we would know nothing about it.
The 45-year-old retweeted the picture of the Trump Baby Blimp after someone joked that it should be flown over Beijing after US authorities shot down China's spy balloon.
Anti Trumper James Clapper, head of National Intelligence Agency just came forward and said our military failed to detect The supposed 3 balloons that were flown during Trumps tenure...Libs have egg on their faces again..lol
Anti Trumper James Clapper, head of National Intelligence Agency just came forward and said our military failed to detect The supposed 3 balloons that were flown during Trumps tenure...Libs have egg on their faces again..lol
yes, it's a huge plus for the Rs that with Trump in charge we had no idea that Chinese spy balloons were violating our airspace.
I'd go with that. I really would. It's a good strategy.
Anti Trumper James Clapper, head of National Intelligence Agency just came forward and said our military failed to detect The supposed 3 balloons that were flown during Trumps tenure...Libs have egg on their faces again..lol
Libs have eggs on their faces because Trump’s military failed to detect the 3 Chinese balloons during his presidency? Can you hear yourself?
Anti Trumper James Clapper, head of National Intelligence Agency just came forward and said our military failed to detect The supposed 3 balloons that were flown during Trumps tenure...Libs have egg on their faces again..lol
Libs have eggs on their faces because Trump’s military failed to detect the 3 Chinese balloons during his presidency? Can you hear yourself?
"Trumps military"? Are you serious, you think he has anything to do with balloon detection you moron...
Anti Trumper James Clapper, head of National Intelligence Agency just came forward and said our military failed to detect The supposed 3 balloons that were flown during Trumps tenure...Libs have egg on their faces again..lol
yes, it's a huge plus for the Rs that with Trump in charge we had no idea that Chinese spy balloons were violating our airspace.
I'd go with that. I really would. It's a good strategy.
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Damn straight. You Chinese fly all the balloons you want. Just know that Badass Biden has eyes on you and will blow your little balloon out of the sky… as soon as it’s mission is complete.
The Chinese flew balloons over American airspace during the Trump administration and the Commander in Chief's military didn't even know.
The Chinese flew a balloon over America's airspace on Biden's watch and the military took action to jam their signals, took the Commander in Chief's order to blow it out of the sky, did so when it could not cause loss of life or property to our citizens, but such that it should be retrievable.
The Chinese flew balloons over American airspace during the Trump administration and the Commander in Chief's military didn't even know.
The Chinese flew a balloon over America's airspace on Biden's watch and the military took action to jam their signals, took the Commander in Chief's order to blow it out of the sky, did so when it could not cause loss of life or property to our citizens, but such that it should be retrievable.
Predictably Trump Sycophants are trying to spin again to gain some type of traction against Biden. The latest is that the military is lying and Trump is the sole purveyor of Truthfulness on this issue.
Joe Biden is just a guy. And an Old guy at that. Pretty run of the mill average President. But it is fun watching the right wing twist itself into fits to try to portray Biden in a way that is worse than Trump. That is why they keep stepping on a rake. Nobody is worse than Trump. He wins those contests hands down. He is despicable. It isn't a left vs right thing. He is just a world class A-hole.
Tonight Biden will give an average speech and the right will try to reframe it as some type of evil, Satanic, woke communist manifesto.
Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein BREAKING: Trump-appointed Secretary of Defense, James Mattis believed that Trump would be too aggressive, so he did not tell him about the Chinese spy balloons. Dear (you know the banned word) Republicans. This doesn’t make Trump look good. It makes him look very bad.
Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein BREAKING: Trump-appointed Secretary of Defense, James Mattis believed that Trump would be too aggressive, so he did not tell him about the Chinese spy balloons. Dear (you know the banned word) Republicans. This doesn’t make Trump look good. It makes him look very bad.
Lol....So he's guilty of not doing something about something he knew nothing about...lol
Answer (1 of 12): Where are you getting this bit of non sense? Lmao Clown News Network? Seriously. That's not “common knowledge", because there's nothing to support such a preposterous statement.
"The U.S. military has its own stratospheric spy balloon program."
"stratospheric balloons are colossal. ... you could fit en entire football stadium inside one."
"Attempting to let the air out by punching a few holes is like expecting to ventilate an entire warehouse with fresh air by opening one small window."
"Large balloons are hard to shoot down. ... In 1998 a rogue Canadian weather balloon drifted towards Russian airspace. Fighter jets from Canada, Norway and Sweden attempted to bring it down without success. Two Canadian air force CF-18 fighters hit the balloon with more than 1,000 rounds of 20mm cannon fire off the coast of Newfoundland, riddling it with holes. This was not enough to let a significant amount of gas out, and the balloon continued drifting."
Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein BREAKING: Trump-appointed Secretary of Defense, James Mattis believed that Trump would be too aggressive, so he did not tell him about the Chinese spy balloons. Dear (you know the banned word) Republicans. This doesn’t make Trump look good. It makes him look very bad.
Lol....So he's guilty of not doing something about something he knew nothing about...lol
The mind of a liberal never ceases to amaze me...
If this is true, it points to a Commander in Chief that was not in command, that did not have control of his subordinates, and that even his own Cabinet members did not trust him or his judgment enough to share vital information with him.
Seriously, Trump loses again. The more we learn about this, the more he loses. There's no spin to clean this up.
