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White House: Biden chose not to shoot down Chinese spy balloon, but keeping 'all options on table'
Fox News ^ | February 3, 2023 2:56pm EST | Brooke Singman

Posted on 02/03/2023 2:25:53 PM PST by conservative98

The White House said Friday it is "keeping all options on the table" regarding the Chinese spy balloon after President Biden followed "strong" recommendations from defense officials not to shoot down the aircraft due to safety to people on the ground.

White House officials said Biden made his decision based on a "strong recommendation" from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and the commander of Northern Command

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; china; covid23dispenser; includingsurrender; lloydaustin; markmilley; spyballoon
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1 posted on 02/03/2023 2:25:53 PM PST by conservative98
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2 posted on 02/03/2023 2:25:59 PM PST by conservative98
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Video Feb 3, 2023 3:30pm Chinese surveillance balloon Spotted Just Northwest of ST Louis

https://rumble.com/v288vak-chinese-surveillance-balloon-spotted-just-northwest-of-st-louis.html?mref=2kir9&mrefc=81


3 posted on 02/03/2023 2:27:29 PM PST by janetjanet998
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It’s probably carrying the 10 percent for the big guy cash.


4 posted on 02/03/2023 2:29:05 PM PST by euram (allALL)
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I'm sorry...I would have shot it down. I'm sure they can track it and pick a point in some lightly occupied mountain range.

But suppose it is loaded with...say...Anthrax.

5 posted on 02/03/2023 2:29:23 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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HOW ABOUT the feds and military TELL THE PUBLIC what’s on and in the balloon ? If it’s so safe to ignore it, THEN TELL THE PUBLIC.


6 posted on 02/03/2023 2:29:30 PM PST by George from New England
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To: conservative98

joe is just obeying his chinese masters.


7 posted on 02/03/2023 2:31:40 PM PST by farmguy
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We are so damn WEAK it’s pathetic. The planet is laughing at us, and we’re so thick, we don’t realize it. Why don’t we hurry up national suicide and just nuke ourselves?


8 posted on 02/03/2023 2:34:28 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Dispensing Covid-20.


9 posted on 02/03/2023 2:34:50 PM PST by cp124 (80% of everything is fake or a lie.)
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10 posted on 02/03/2023 2:35:42 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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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...


11 posted on 02/03/2023 2:36:44 PM PST by Bobalu (Elon should buy the Washington Post—and turn it into a newspaper.)
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It could be carrying a deadly virus from China, which hopes we will shoot it down.


12 posted on 02/03/2023 2:36:58 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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what are the other options?


13 posted on 02/03/2023 2:37:01 PM PST by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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The white flag Biden option ?


14 posted on 02/03/2023 2:37:18 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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I wouldn’t shoot it down till it’s over the Atlantic. Who knows what WMDs it harbors.


15 posted on 02/03/2023 2:37:59 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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16 posted on 02/03/2023 2:39:51 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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Gotta believe there’s a viable way to “snag” the balloon and bring it down intact without blowing it out of the sky.


17 posted on 02/03/2023 2:40:16 PM PST by traderrob6
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Loaded with Covid?
18 posted on 02/03/2023 2:40:26 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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Couldn’t it just have an accident and crash? Accidents happen all the time; recall the Nordstream pipeline mishap?

Their could be some useful technology/intelligence on that thing.


19 posted on 02/03/2023 2:41:21 PM PST by tsomer
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It would be easy to perforate the balloon with a laser. We’ve got lasers that can hit an artillery shell in flight.


20 posted on 02/03/2023 2:41:44 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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