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

[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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[janetjanet998]

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

[euram]

It’s probably carrying the 10 percent for the big guy cash.

[Sacajaweau]

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.

[George from New England]

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.

[farmguy]

joe is just obeying his chinese masters.

[Cobra64]

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?

[cp124]

Dispensing Covid-20.

[Vaquero]

[Bobalu]

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...

[JimRed]

It could be carrying a deadly virus from China, which hopes we will shoot it down.

[bray]

what are the other options?

[cuz1961]

The white flag Biden option ?

[Vaquero]

I wouldn’t shoot it down till it’s over the Atlantic. Who knows what WMDs it harbors.

[McGruff]

[traderrob6]

Gotta believe there’s a viable way to “snag” the balloon and bring it down intact without blowing it out of the sky.

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Loaded with Covid?

[tsomer]

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.

[Steely Tom]

It would be easy to perforate the balloon with a laser. We’ve got lasers that can hit an artillery shell in flight.