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China responds with a threat after U.S. shoots down balloon
deseret news via msn ^ | 2/5/2023 | Sarah Gambles

Posted on 02/04/2023 9:14:54 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

After a Chinese balloon was discovered flying high in the sky in the U.S., the military shot down the balloon with a missile over South Carolina on Saturday.

China responded to the military action threatening to “take further actions” and said it would be responding to “an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice,” Associated Press reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balloon; ccp; hostileintent; noflightplan; spying; threat
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To: toddausauras

Yes. It’s a now 90 year Red war on the US, starting with the traitor fdr. MCCarthy underestimated the problem.


21 posted on 02/04/2023 9:40:08 PM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: Husker24
Okay, China can shoot down any balloons we send over their territory.

They would not hesitate to shoot down a surveillance drone that was overflying their territory.

Seems reasonable that we would shoot down their probe vehicles when they overfly our territory.

My only objection is that we dithered so long before doing so.

22 posted on 02/04/2023 9:40:26 PM PST by flamberge (What? Me worry?)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Drink dragon spit, and die.


23 posted on 02/04/2023 9:45:16 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Why are there so many more horse's @33es than horses?)
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To: ApplegateRanch; All

dont get sick

U.S. officials worried about Chinese control of American drug supply
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/u-s...
Web”The last penicillin plant in the United States closed in 2004.” A Chinese manipulation of drug ingredients or supply may seem like a fairly remote possibility. A state-run Chinese …


24 posted on 02/04/2023 9:48:45 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit;“We are your ghosts, in this game played by monkeys, organized by lunatics” )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I was watching a YouTube video a couple days ago about a guy who built a model GLIDER to cross the English Channel from England to France. It would be the first unpowered glider to make the crossing.

Well I hope it turns out better than Ron Obvious' attempt to jump the English Channel.


25 posted on 02/04/2023 9:49:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Will the pilot paint a hot-air balloon on his canopy.. like kills in World War I & II?


26 posted on 02/04/2023 9:50:20 PM PST by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: Beave Meister

27 posted on 02/04/2023 9:52:50 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit;“We are your ghosts, in this game played by monkeys, organized by lunatics” )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Republicans should blow up balloons and pop them during Biden’s State of the Union rant.


28 posted on 02/04/2023 10:05:39 PM PST by allendale
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To: dfwgator

Did France give Ron permission to land?


29 posted on 02/04/2023 10:06:17 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Why don't you ask his manager, Mr. Luigi Vercotti.


30 posted on 02/04/2023 10:08:57 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The Chinese “threat” was just to provide cover for Biden since he let it traverse the continent and its mission was complete.


31 posted on 02/04/2023 10:16:32 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Wall Street Journal wrote this was their 5th balloon. The previous ones entered the US for much shorter periods and didn’t make the news.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-shooting-down-chinese-spy-balloon-over-atlantic-11675536746?mod=hp_lead_pos7


32 posted on 02/04/2023 10:26:15 PM PST by Krosan
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To: RomanSoldier19

This “threat” was part of the deal, to make Biden look like a strong leader and protector of US citizens. Biden destroying the evidence over the Atlantic was another part of the deal.


33 posted on 02/04/2023 10:28:23 PM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Saving face. It’s what they do. They will NEVER admit what they did was wrong.


34 posted on 02/04/2023 10:31:06 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: cowboyusa

AND THAT’S Just what Joe Biden did personally!


35 posted on 02/04/2023 10:42:19 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: lightman

Never with the hand - that’s gay.


36 posted on 02/04/2023 10:47:03 PM PST by enumerated ( )
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To: RomanSoldier19

China is in trouble. They are running out of money, their COVID policies are being opposed by the Chinese people, their financial structure - with the collapse of Evergreen - is falling apart, their foreign investment meant to ensnare and subjugate foreign countries is failing, their new buildings are disintegrating before they are finished and the CCP is plotting against Xi, etc, etc. He’s looking for a scapegoat, someone to take the heat off of him and Biden OWES him BIG TIME. XI can make the US look bad with hapless useful idiot Biden in charge and satisfy some of his critics.


37 posted on 02/04/2023 10:50:26 PM PST by Dapper 26
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To: crz

It could have just as easily been carrying plutonium dust or a nuclear device or a bio weapon maybe one like covid.

Whadda you think?


38 posted on 02/04/2023 11:10:02 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: Husker24
"Okay, Chima can shoot down any balloons we send over their territory."


39 posted on 02/04/2023 11:51:23 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

First the coronavirus and now this? This is all over a toy balloon one would get from a circus clown.

I ask China to explain their behavior with the balloon and how it matches the noble spirit of their “Half Quilt Story.”


40 posted on 02/04/2023 11:53:54 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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