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Posted on 02/04/2023 7:39:50 PM PST by shadowlands1960
Talking heads on cable TV are up in arms about the Chinese spy balloon that was floating across the continental U.S., before it was shot down Saturday afternoon. Conservative commentators have insisted President Joe Biden should’ve ordered the balloon be shot down earlier and that a foreign balloon flying over U.S. territory never would’ve happened under President Donald Trump. But it did happen under Trump, according to several new reports. The Chinese government claims the balloon, which was first spotted by civilians on Wednesday over Billings, Montana, was actually just a weather balloon that was blown off course. But the Pentagon says it’s definitely a surveillance balloon and China had the ability to maneuver the aircraft.
“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday. But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
“Pentagon said,” with no specifics.
We were all hoping TDS would have faded out by now.
“Hello, America! Say, ‘Xi!’”
Hooey alert.
Did any at the Pentagon bother to inform the President?
Where is the proof?
Trump will probably have to reply to this one. Further down the article it says the balloons that came over then, were not considered dangerous and didn’t go near sensitive sites. Writer immediately ‘pooh poohs’ that contention..
Yeah and the MSM covered it up because they didn’t want to embarrass President Trump.
It’s coming from the Pentagon so they probably won’t need ‘proof.’ We certainly did hear of it at the time...
oops... “certainly didn’t hear...
Why did it take them a whole week to spit this out?
did that faggot traitor general call china to let them know ahead of time that we were going to shoot down their balloon?
They had to line up 51 security officials to corroborate the story.
“Anonymous sources” rides again!
Hat like the classified paperwork.
Trump did it too, so we’re good.
They find out about the think as it’s coming over Alaska. They’re worried about where it lands. How much absolutely wide open space is there in Alaska, western Canada?
Yes it does... read further... (if you meant the Forbes article)
Really crap journalism.
I noticed no one questioning why are gallant NATO ally Canada didn’t shoot the thing down.
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