***ODD as heck that square one offer would have been made by not Blinkenod, or freckled Jake Sullivan, State Department goons, but by the CIA. Burns. Go figure that one. CIA doesn’t do deals out loud***
😯 Yikes! Sorry to hear about the flu.
Espionage is an extension of diplomacy; in a sane world a spy chief might fill a diplomatic role in seeking to weave a thread that could expand into a cord for peace. The espion would attract less attention than a major diplomat thus leading to less speculation as to what is going on.
OTOH one would expect the spy chief to be acting under orders from a central authority, such as Sec State or Prez. One would not expect the negotiator to be acting 'rogue'; what could they achieve without overall authority to forge an international agreement?
No... the story tends towards different conclusions. \_😐_/
Does anyone know if our leaders in Washington and the various states have been bowing down to the
Chinese spy balloon -- worshiping it?
Has anyone asked if such an aerial structure could carry bio-warfare pathogens... has anyone asked if we still have any sovereignty as a nation? So we cancel Anthony Blinken's trip to China... what was he going for? To surrender? 🤬 OK, China; we will just delay our surrender for a while; there! Take that!
Our military seems content with the aerial invader; they blocked it from transmitting any intelligence. The idea that it might be seeding chemical warfare into our atmosphere is of no concern.
We are responding like a conquered nation.