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Blinken tells China its spy balloon was ‘irresponsible’ after canceling Beijing trip
CNBC ^
| February 3, 2023
| By Christina Wilkie
Posted on 02/03/2023 12:53:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken indefinitely postponed what was to be an already tense trip to China on Friday, citing a Chinese reconnaissance balloon moving east across the United States that posed a threat to national security.
Instead, he told China’s director of Central Foreign Affairs Office, Wang Yi, in a phone call Friday that the balloon was an “irresponsible act and a clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law that undermined the purpose of the trip,” according to a readout of the discussion.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: balloon; china; russia
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Incompetent
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Spy balloon my ass! Dry run for a balloon delivered EMP.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This thing drifted over my barn yesterday, it scared the dogs and the hens have stopped laying.
This afternoon I found bags full of poorly made counterfeit mail-in-ballots scattered over the soybean field...
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posted on
02/03/2023 12:59:40 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(Elon should buy the Washington Post—and turn it into a newspaper.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/03/2023 12:59:44 PM PST
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
It may be “loaded”...anthrax?? what else??
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posted on
02/03/2023 12:59:55 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why is it a violation of sovereignty?? We have fly over rules...
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:00:42 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Much like the Monty Python's Black Knight
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:02:19 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Irresponsible”.....
Blinken might as well put on a lisp and say to China in the whiniest manner: “That wathn’t nithe!” What a POS government we have under Biden (or whoever is running the show in D.C.)!
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:02:25 PM PST
by
Ebenezer
("Be strong and of good courage.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well now, that’ll learn `em!
Incompetence run amok
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:02:28 PM PST
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
To: Right Brother
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:03:16 PM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Blinken tells China its spy balloon was ‘irresponsible’ after canceling Beijing trip.That'll show 'em.
To: NWFree
Blinken tells China its spy balloon was ‘irresponsible’ after canceling Beijing trip
I'm sure China really cares what we think.
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:07:21 PM PST
by
ProudDeplorable
(Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Perhaps this is a test to gauge America’s resolve.
On to Taiwan!
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:08:33 PM PST
by
brownsfan
(It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wynken, Blinken, and Nod will absolutely send a sternly-worded follow up note.
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:08:42 PM PST
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought this was the Bee
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:09:37 PM PST
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: Night Hides Not
So, what happens if dozens appear across the country, potentially carrying nuclear or germ weapons? Apparently, the development of Chinese and Russian ICBMs was unnecessary.
To: Bobalu
You should be more concerned with soy consumption…
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:10:04 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The fact Biden didn’t shoot it down China figures since they got away with invading US airspace - taking Taiwan will be a piece of cake under this administration.
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posted on
02/03/2023 1:10:23 PM PST
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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