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Biden Dismisses Chinese Spying as “Silly Balloon”
Front Page Magazine ^ | May 22, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 05/22/2023 5:25:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Biden administration tried to cover up China’s espionage. It was only discovered because of a viral video out of Montana. Once the scandal broke, the Biden administration put on a show of “taking it seriously.”

Since then it’s been confirmed that it was staged for the benefit of the American public.

While the State Department signaled U.S. displeasure over the balloon by postponing Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s scheduled visit to Beijing, an internal State Department message reviewed by Reuters shows senior U.S. officials delaying planned actions against China.

Rick Waters, deputy assistant secretary of State for China and Taiwan who leads the China House policy division, said in a Feb. 6 email to staff that has not been previously reported: “Guidance from S (Secretary of State) is to push non-balloon actions to the right so we can focus on symmetric and calibrated response. We can revisit other actions in a few weeks.”…

In late March, Waters told a staff meeting that the State Department would “move on” from the balloon incident with China, following guidance from Sherman who was eager to reschedule the Blinken trip, two of the sources said…

Now, Biden is saying the quiet part out loud.

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1 posted on 05/22/2023 5:25:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jaio Bai Deng, aka Beijing Biden.


2 posted on 05/22/2023 5:27:35 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
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3 posted on 05/22/2023 5:33:55 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wonder how much Joe Biden was paid by the Chinese to say that? Worst President ever.


4 posted on 05/22/2023 5:37:11 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He must watch the Colonel Macgregor videos.

https://twitter.com/Judgenap/status/1623058616553971713?lang=en


5 posted on 05/22/2023 5:41:22 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The bull$hit index is directly proportionate to silly and inappropriate word usage. "Symetrically calibrated response" is right up there with "multi-platform synergistically integrated mechanisms across multi-user access equity platforms" (FTX Nonsense, courtesy of Sam Bank Friedman)

The more nuanced the message, the deeper the deception (or just plain ignorance of actual subject).

6 posted on 05/22/2023 5:43:44 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) We're all Women now.)
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To: broken_clock

Every Democrat you pass in the street or in a restaurant or office voted for this man for President.
And they were willing to sell out America to the Chinese Communists and Soros.

Never forget.


7 posted on 05/22/2023 5:46:09 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s not spying if they paid the Biden syndicate for access.


8 posted on 05/22/2023 5:46:39 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m more and more convinced to agree with one guy I heard as a guest on a talk show last week. This is the test for EMP blasts to follow. No need for missile attacks, balloons are close to the targets. Especially if hundreds are in the air that day.

That way they can take over the country and make this a colony or China, not burned up by nukes. EMP will ruin us. No water, sewer, food, heat if freezing out, no power for phones or internet. Slow dying out without food or medicine. Dirty Chinese.

May God protect us.


9 posted on 05/22/2023 5:50:56 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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I read a book,a novel,that said our cars wouldn’t even start. .

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10 posted on 05/22/2023 5:53:52 PM PDT by Mears (.)
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To: eyeamok

Satellite surveillance on the cheap. Joe Biden is the gift that keeps on giving, for 10%.


11 posted on 05/22/2023 5:57:42 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) *Return the Pulitzers over Crossfire Hurricane Now. )
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To: Mears

Pretty much the least of our worries.


12 posted on 05/22/2023 5:58:50 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Silly ass busily sinking a nation.


13 posted on 05/22/2023 6:00:32 PM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: frank ballenger

Is that lawn chair balloons guy still around? We need a Civil Air Patrol that can handle a pellet pistol. Use Mexicans, released from the Border and they get a Green Card for shooting down Chinese Balloons, or 200 hours in the chair-time. Kinda saves on bus and charter jet costs in relocations! The winds aloft disperse them where ever the winds take them.


14 posted on 05/22/2023 6:04:26 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) *Return the Pulitzers over Crossfire Hurricane Now. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Kind of like the FBI and the Clinton Administration calling the first World Trade Center bombers “lone wolves.”


15 posted on 05/22/2023 6:09:46 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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"I read a book,a novel,that said our cars wouldn’t even start."

Mine would. Cars that old enough not to have computers should not be affected by EMP.

16 posted on 05/22/2023 6:26:40 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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Yes,in the book he borrowed a relatives very old car……forgot about that. .

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17 posted on 05/22/2023 6:56:06 PM PDT by Mears (.)
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To: Mears

If you have a pre-computerized vehicle like a 70’s one without electronic ignition, always carry an extra solenoid. An EMP attack won’t have an effect on it. I was told that years ago. I have an old 55 Willy’s Jeep. I bet an EMP would have zero effect on it.


18 posted on 05/22/2023 7:02:14 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: broken_clock

😂😂


19 posted on 05/22/2023 7:07:12 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Yes,see my post #17 .

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20 posted on 05/22/2023 7:14:53 PM PDT by Mears (.)
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