WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft and threatened repercussions.
President Joe Biden issued the order but had wanted the balloon downed even earlier, on Wednesday. He was advised that the best time for the operation would be when it was over water, U.S. officials said. Military officials determined that bringing it down over land from an altitude of 60,000 feet would pose an undue risk to people on the ground.
China responded that it reserved the right to “take further actions” and criticized the U.S. for “an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice.”
In its statement Sunday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that “China will resolutely uphold the relevant company’s legitimate rights and interests, and at the same time reserving the right to take further actions in response.”
The presence of the balloon in the skies above the U.S. this week dealt a severe blow to already strained U.S.-Chinese relations that have been in a downward spiral for years. It prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to abruptly cancel a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing tensions. MORE
Fuck China!
Those chinks get uppity and we will quit buying their ‘Chinese Dinners’!
Shit’s getting deep….
Amen to what Dave Huff said in spades.
yea maybe they take the costs out of Joe and Hunters kickbacks
The Fomenters of Fear, know no bounds.
Right on Cue China increases the distraction away from China Joe’s
treason, corruption, stolen Classified documents, China’s fentanyl pipeline, purchase of US Farmland, infiltration of our Universities, Federal Agencies and Think Tanks.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of the Chinese spy balloon that recently flew over the country, telling Breitbart News “A circus clown knows how to better handle a balloon than the White House.”
“There’s a reason why Vladimir Putin went into Ukraine. Because he knew Biden’s weak. There’s a reason the Chinese continue to test the Taiwan Strait. Because they know Biden is weak,” Daines said. “There’s a reason they launched this spy balloon and just let it hover over America, because they knew Biden is weak.
breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/04/exclusive-sen-steve-daines-a-circus-clown-knows-how-to-better-handle-a-balloon-than-joe-biden/
Hu Flung Pu
…Didn’t we JUST see an article here on how this is straight from the leftist playbook?!?
“According to James Lindsay, the basic strategy is to push, push, push until rational people push back then play the victim.”
…indeed we DID!
ht tps://iotwreport.com/the-lefts-playbook-beautiful-trouble/
…one wonders how China would respond to random US balloons drifing into THEIR airspace, I suspect they would NOT be allowed to transit the WHOLE COUNTRY until ordering the military to s̶h̶o̶o̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ destroy the evidence…
The Retarded Pedophile Usurper Joey is in the chinks’ pocket.
This is some sort of weird theater to either confuse or deflect.
Too many “Representatives,” Senators, and Executive Agency maggots are also on the chink payroll for anyone to take any kind of real action against them.
CIA, FBI, and the NSA are all subsidiaries of China – Xi knows it – and, I suppose, in one of the Retarded Pedophile Usurper Joey’s clear moments, he’s aware of it, too.
So, the bluster and bullshit is about something else, entirely (though I don’t know what).
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
Will people ever realize how Trump and this country got screwed?
Someone needs to burst their bubble.
Did Chy-na notify anyone that this “errant” balloon was headed our way before it reached us?
“Military officials determined that bringing it down over land from an altitude of 60,000 feet would pose an undue risk to the US military collecting data on the people on the ground.”
FIFY
Discerning the truth is not necessary with these people, it’s not incumbent upon us based on past history of words and actions. Just assume everything is a lie and then go from there.
SNS see https://sonar21.com/more-on-the-high-flying-balloons/
Zip it, Zippy.
How and where was it launched from?
Jackass Joe sez “On Wednesday when I was briefed on the balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down – on Wednesday – as soon as possible,”
Yet “Team Biden” (whutever the fuk that is) knew about it at the end of January so go blow it out yer ass Joey Shitpants!! You let it compete its mission across the entire US.
We got yer number 六 !
They bravely shot it down AFTER it completed its mission, per chicom orders
Jackass Joe sure as hell isn’t number one and while he stinks like number two he’s not that good either!!
Drawing on the wealth of knowledge he had attained gaining his Master’s degree in English literature, the 48-year-old barista concluded . . .
What if this happened under Donald Trump as President? We will never know, China knew better than to have fucked around and found out in the first place.
Yeah, maybe try keeping it out of our airspace next time, assholes.
Keep in mind that China extends its own airspace further beyond its borders than internationally recognized, regularly intercepting US fighter planes flying legally in international airspace.
Gotta hand it to CCP for constantly probing for weakness. They have certainly found plenty.
DANCO™ – Interesting point – now it’s only a matter time before China claims the airspace over the US as theirs since we let the balloon go unfettered until it was over the Atlantic ocean!
They have three noice dams.
Say, those are noice dams!
Just so everybody understands, the US government, military or otherwise, doesn’t give a rat’s ass about “people on the ground”.
I’d call this Kabuki theater, except it’s Chinese.
It doesn’t matter if Biden gave China the ok to fly it here, the balloon was from our government, or whatever other ideas people have. It’s one or all of them. Our government is traitorous and they don’t deserve our trust.
That said, “we reserve the right”. THE RIGHT??? The true owners of our nation, We The People, did NOT give them the right to invade our country.
China, Xi nor any citizen of China have no rights in this country. So, eat shit and die.
They own the US president and half of Congress. Why do theu need a reservation?
Don’t believe a word of it. Joe Biden has been in collusion with the communist chinamen for some time, even during his laughable “senatorship”.
Claudia,😲😢😳 that last sentence
It’s so easy to spot the nots
60K Plus Aerodynamics are slippery feats
AIM HIGH
Wait….. WHO flew a balloon over WHOSE country NOT THEIR OWN, WITHOUT prior notification, and are now mad because the OTHER country finally decided to shoot down their illegal flight.
Dear China, EABoD. STFU an STFD
Honestly, is there anybody that believes it’s a “weather balloon”?
The stupid, it hurts.