China Spy Balloon

[Catman100]

So now the real question is why did they let it get to the continental US.
I can understand not shooting it down over populated areas. There would be fury from everybody if they shot it down and it landed on some school and killed 50 kids.

But why did it get out of Alaska? Why not shoot it down there? Plenty of desolate areas.
Did we let it fly all over the US to reverse engineer it? Anybody believe that? Did we not know it was there? I probably believe that more than the reverse engineering.

Looking forward to some answers.

 

[IdaCat]

Should’ve been shot down before but we couldn’t shoot it down over land. The thing was the size of three busses. Had it been shot down and crashed into innocent Americans how would you feel? Since it posed no known immediate threat that was the best course.

Just glad we actually shot it down and didn’t pull a usual “Well it’s no big deal”. This still sends a message. We care about our citizens and don’t fly shit over us.

Not many citizens living off the coast of Alaska. Zero.

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

Again, why didn’t we shoot it down just before it reached the Aleutian Islands?

We all know why!!!!

 

[Freetaxreturn]

So now the real question is why did they let it get to the continental US.
I can understand not shooting it down over populated areas. There would be fury from everybody if they shot it down and it landed on some school and killed 50 kids.

But why did it get out of Alaska? Why not shoot it down there? Plenty of desolate areas.
Did we let it fly all over the US to reverse engineer it? Anybody believe that? Did we not know it was there? I probably believe that more than the reverse engineering.

Looking forward to some answers.

Hell even Montana ! How many people live in that ice box anyway besides there’s nothing there ! I guess if it fell on some buffaloes then PETA would demand reparations 🍺

 

[UK_Dallas]

Again, why didn’t we shoot it down just before it reached the Aleutian Islands?

 

[IdaCat]

An nuclear first strike is looking more effective now. For our enemies.

By the time Biden decides to retaliate, all our silos (and the entire country) will be destroyed.

Guess we've still got a few the subs out there if he's still able to give them the late word.

 

[Nightwish84]

So what's the next thing some of ya'll are going to be furious about now that Balloongate appears to be a bunch of...hot air? Or are we going back to pedophila, twitter freedom, and making fun of trans people? Time will tell. Enjoy your Saturday!

 

[IdaCat]

So what's the next thing some of ya'll are going to be furious about now that Balloongate appears to be a bunch of...hot air? Or are we going back to pedophila, twitter freedom, and making fun of trans people? Time will tell. Enjoy your Saturday!

Keep monitoring that hall nightwish. Got to keep those Conservatives in line.

 

[UK_Dallas]

So what's the next thing some of ya'll are going to be furious about now that Balloongate appears to be a bunch of...hot air? Or are we going back to pedophila, twitter freedom, and making fun of trans people? Time will tell. Enjoy your Saturday!

Was it hot air? Do we know what kind of intelligence they gathered?

 

[bbncal02]

Not many citizens living off the coast of Alaska. Zero.

Did you not read my first sentence. It Should’ve been shot down over the Aleutians.

 

[bbncal02]

So what's the next thing some of ya'll are going to be furious about now that Balloongate appears to be a bunch of...hot air? Or are we going back to pedophila, twitter freedom, and making fun of trans people? Time will tell. Enjoy your Saturday!

I’m not right wing much at all. Don’t violate a country’s sovereign airspace. And yes we did it to Russia several times in the 60s/70s before satellite teach was worth a crap. And guess what happened? They shot our stuff down! It’s kind of a mutually agreed thing. You get caught over foreign airspace as a state actor without permission. You go boom.

 

[bbncal02]

Was it hot air? Do we know what kind of intelligence they gathered?

Probably nothing they don’t already know. But it’s the principle of the thing to me. You wouldn’t fall a drone over someone’s back yard and not expect consequences.

 

[bbncal02]

An nuclear first strike is looking more effective now. For our enemies.

By the time Biden decides to retaliate, all our silos (and the entire country) will be destroyed.

Guess we've still got a few the subs out there if he's still able to give them the late word.

We have more nukes on subs than most countries have nukes in general. Don’t get me wrong I’m half e do but MAD isn’t exactly a great thing for humans.

 

[Freetaxreturn]

So what's the next thing some of ya'll are going to be furious about now that Balloongate appears to be a bunch of...hot air? Or are we going back to pedophila, twitter freedom, and making fun of trans people? Time will tell. Enjoy your Saturday!

84 why don’t you go and help out dioness scribe more constitutional entries on the political thread about discrimination and inclusion. Yes, we will continue to make fun of trans freaks and the democrats forever 🍺🇺🇸

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

I’m not right wing much at all. Don’t violate a country’s sovereign airspace. And yes we did it to Russia several times in the 60s/70s before satellite teach was worth a crap. And guess what happened? They shot our stuff down! It’s kind of a mutually agreed thing. You get caught over foreign airspace as a state actor without permission. You go boom.

RESPECT & FEAR!

 

[barbourfor3]

what’s the laws on shooting the ballon down over the Atlantic deee???

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

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We need someone that would put Zelensky in his place because he wasn’t & couldn’t be bought off.

I am suspecting with the FBI getting involved, Joe & Hunter are being sacrificed & led to the slaughter to protect them all..

 

[Catman100]

So Biden told the military to shoot down the balloon days ago?
Huh?

 

[RunninRichie]

apparently we didnt shoot it down because we didnt want to break the electronic spy equipment inside.

 

[catfaninsc]

 

[RunninRichie]

F-22 baby

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

 

[J_Dee]

 

[chroix]

Because it’s a violation of pour sovereign air space. That’s why. It’s not about what it’s doing , everyone spies. Hell, even our allies spy and on us as well! It’s about the balls to fly a military aircraft over another country’s airspace, at 50k ft no less.

Yes yes. I know we had the Sr71 that flew over other countries. Again everyone spies. But guess what happened to it? RUSSIA GOT PISSED OFF AND SHOT IT DOWN.

Yep. I get all of that. Just weird how much information people give away and don’t care vs when they choose to get upset.

Also, can you imagine how scary it was bailing from an SR71 much less over Russia in the 80s?

 

[chroix]

Again, why didn’t we shoot it down just before it reached the Aleutian Islands?

They should definitely have hearings on this one. Unacceptable level of security. Military needs to answer how it happened and how it will be prevented in the future.

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

They should definitely have hearings on this one. Unacceptable level of security. Military needs to answer how it happened and how it will be prevented in the future.

For all this to occur, it goes DEEP!

 

[WayneDougan]

Ban f'ing TikTok now. Tell the Chinese that we're sending their little dork kids they sent over here for university back home, and tell them if they ever **** with us again we'll tell them that we're charging them for the Wuhan Flu to the total of the debt they hold.

 

[jameslee32]

So glad to hear our military was jamming the signal beforehand.

 

[IdaCat]

FTR, it was a U2 that was shot down over Russia. The SR-71 was developed to replace the obsolete U2. The SR-71 was never shot down. It flew higher and faster than any jet aircraft and still holds those records.

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

Like I said, this goes way DEEPER than Biden

 

[Bill Cosby]

So now the real question is why did they let it get to the continental US.
I can understand not shooting it down over populated areas. There would be fury from everybody if they shot it down and it landed on some school and killed 50 kids.

But why did it get out of Alaska? Why not shoot it down there? Plenty of desolate areas.
Did we let it fly all over the US to reverse engineer it? Anybody believe that? Did we not know it was there? I probably believe that more than the reverse engineering.

Looking forward to some answers.

It’s probably a weather balloon so no need to shoot it down. Then this miserably incompetent administration bungled the response in the dumbest possible way.

 

[1_Cool_CAT]

It’s probably a weather balloon so no need to shoot it down. Then this miserably incompetent administration bungled the response in the dumbest possible way.

 

[chroix]

FTR, it was a U2 that was shot down over Russia. The SR-71 was developed to replace the obsolete U2. The SR-71 was never shot down. It flew higher and faster than any jet aircraft and still holds those records.

Russia reveals wreckage of US Blackbird spyplane shot down in 1983

THE FOLLOWING IS AN APRIL FOOL’S HOAX AND IS NOT TRUE Western observers stunned as Russian Ministry of Defence shares evidence that a US spyplane was shot down over the USSR during the Cold W…

hushkit.net

Couldn’t find much verification but a hell of a story if true.

 

[RunninRichie]

Russia reveals wreckage of US Blackbird spyplane shot down in 1983

THE FOLLOWING IS AN APRIL FOOL’S HOAX AND IS NOT TRUE Western observers stunned as Russian Ministry of Defence shares evidence that a US spyplane was shot down over the USSR during the Cold W…

hushkit.net

Couldn’t find much verification but a hell of a story if true.

This was proven to be a hoax.

 

[IdaCat]

Like I said, this goes way DEEPER than Biden

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Everything goes deeper than Biden. The only decisions he makes are which child to grope and sniff, his cut of the money laundering, and what flavor ice cream before his nap.

And if his corrupt ass is ever rightfully impeached we’ll be stuck with a cackling bimbo idiot.

Unbelievable. But no mean tweets!!!

 

[warrior-cat]

So now the real question is why did they let it get to the continental US.
I can understand not shooting it down over populated areas. There would be fury from everybody if they shot it down and it landed on some school and killed 50 kids.

But why did it get out of Alaska? Why not shoot it down there? Plenty of desolate areas.
Did we let it fly all over the US to reverse engineer it? Anybody believe that? Did we not know it was there? I probably believe that more than the reverse engineering.

Looking forward to some answers.

Biden had to get approval from China. They waited until they got the information they needed and then gave him the go-ahead to help him save face to his base. They will laud him for his patience in making the right decision.

 

[thabigbluenation]

I'm not "worried" about it I'm just citing a fact that there is no international agreement on a country's sovereign airspace, it's a fact that likely played a roll in the Dept of Defense's recommendation that it not be shot down.

I think it's funny how so many fools have spun themselves up into a tizzy over a friggin balloon when China’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance-capable (ISR) satellite fleet has more than 260 assets beaming down on us 24/7/365

Optics and and an administration flat out refusing to give us an honest answer about it while the world watches

 

[roguemocha]

I’m having a blast! Libs getting busted again selling out America while the whole time blaming someone else was..

Pure Gold!!

And therein lies my point. You get off on “X” political party getting owned, it’s basically a sports team for you. Guess what? It’s statistically impossible for one side to always be right.

Go out and find something to do with your life that’s fulfilling and actually makes a difference for yourself or someone else.

I’m not against tribalism by any means but political tribalism is a horrible, horrible bane on our society which just causes social divisions and distrust among the citizenry.

It’s seriously sad that people wrap their whole lives and personas into something they literally have no control over.

 

[Popquiz81]

Lot of sane rational folks on here.

 

[IdaCat]

And therein lies my point. You get off on “X” political party getting owned, it’s basically a sports team for you. Guess what? It’s statistically impossible for one side to always be right.

Go out and find something to do with your life that’s fulfilling and actually makes a difference for yourself or someone else.

I’m not against tribalism by any means but political tribalism is a horrible, horrible bane on our society which just causes social divisions and distrust among the citizenry.

It’s seriously sad that people wrap their whole lives and personas into something they literally have no control over.

Shut up and get me a beer, bartender. We’ve already got a hall monitor on here pretending to be a moderate. Don’t need another.

This administration deserves every bit of criticism they get and then some.