Posted on 02/14/2023 9:33:04 PM PST by bitt
Oh, OK, back to something of substance. Or finally something of substance.
First off I don’t think Biden is doing anything. He is a very stupid man who now has dementia. Almost everyone else in his admin are certifiable psychopaths. Like Victoria Nuland.
Then I would have to say that “Biden” has already done quite a bit to provoke China with his public mishandling of the “balloon” and his careless rhetoric. Never mind the idiotic rhetoric ala Taiwan and the South China Sea.
But direct action against China? No, probably not. Just a continuation of selling us out, unintentionally provocative rhetoric, a continuous weakening of our military and national defense postures and an administration full of people with their own agendas and no commander to oversee them.
I also recognize that China can act on its own when it sees an opportunity so “Biden” is not the only actor involved who can initiate action. Like sending surveillance balloons over CONUS or selling gas it buys from the U.S. to Russia or threatening Taiwan or threatening U.S. mil assets in the S. China Sea with dangerous maneuvers.
FWIW I don't think that was your point, if you had one, when you said this ...
You were interested enough to follow up.
Yes.
What you just wrote in 81 is very different than what I replied to in 7:
“And now they’re using this as a reason to put us on a war footing with China so that is also intentional and premeditated.”
I don’t think it’s an accident or merely incompetence.
“So they just passively watched, sitting there staring with mouth open, doing nothing in reaction.”
Reminds me of Benghazi, where they sat on their hands for days—eventually blaming everything on a homemade video.
“Remake of the events leading up to Pearl Harbor...”
In the decade before Pearl Harbor, Japan started building runways on small Pacific islands.
“However, it should have been shot down before it overflew our nuclear sensitive sites...”
DC politics had our hands tied for days: Then DC ordered every floating object shot down immediately.
“Beyond surprised that he “won”. Never made any sense.”
“Suburban women” demographic comes to mind...
If you’re going to steal an election you want someone really stupid in the position. You then own him, and they may actually be too stupid to know you stole it for them.
I don’t believe it. This is just like when an active shooter situation happens, some apparent act of terrorism or other event and the FBI says “we were ‘tracking’ so-and-so.” It’s all BS.
Radar elements of the US may have gotten hits and noted them but I seriously doubt any of that was escalated and the connection made that it was “Chinese Spy Balloons.”
It’s all just after the fact CYA.
Yeah, I think Biden’s handlers had a deal with China to let them suck up info from our military sites
More money in Biden Crime Family Numbered accounts.
They wanted to wait until C had the info they were seeking.
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