Posted on 02/04/2023 5:31:40 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
President Biden said on Saturday that he had ordered the Pentagon earlier in the week to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon traveling over the U.S. “as soon as possible.”
“On Wednesday, when I was briefed on the balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down … as soon as possible,” Biden told reporters in Hagerstown, Md.
However, amid concerns about the potential dangers of downing the balloon over land, Biden said his national security officials decided that “the best time to do that was when it got over water.”
The U.S. shot down the surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday afternoon, after it spent several days traversing the U.S.
“They successfully took it down, and I want to compliment our aviators that did it,” Biden added.
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You forgot the //sarc tag.
LOL!
It COULD have been a Dry Run: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dry-run-balloons-called-top-delivery-platform-for-nuclear-emp-attack/ar-AA174OkJ?fbclid=IwAR3ckKyxkx2eC8zURWyqujnXrqf6qX4mSq5ukqXX7sNpl43NLfTX0fBOWG8
B.S. - USA tracked the same ballon near the Aleutian Ilands and over Alaska. They had plenty of time to shoot it down before it reached CONUS.
That’s what I thought. I suspect the DoD launched it to create all this media chaos.
Now I hear there is a 3rd “ChiCom” balloon over the U.S. but “they” (the DoD) won’t say where it is. lol
Who believes a serial liar?
The message on the obverse side of the foil (shiny) reads "...made in China..."
LOL Doesn’t matter what country launches a balloon ... it was Made In CHINA!
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