Posted on 06/14/2023 9:21:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
Burns went to Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterparts “to emphasize the importance of maintaining open lines of communication and intelligence channels,” the official said. The visit was first reported by the Financial Times.
The CIA director was in China after Beijing had broken off most regular calls between senior diplomatic, intelligence, and military officials in the aftermath of the U.S. shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon in early February.
Flight of the nasty balloon
In recent weeks, the Biden administration has attempted to restart high-level talks between the U.S. and China.
For example, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with China’s most senior diplomat, Wang Yi, for several hours over two days on May 11-12.
The FT specified that the CIA director visited China before the May 19 G7 summit in Hiroshima, at which Biden made a cryptic comment about expecting an immediate “thaw” in Sino-US relations.
There has not been a thaw. It looks like China is preparing for the war they think we plan to start.
The Pentagon complained on May 25 that China was not responding to the US military’s overtures. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu refused to meet with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin at the Shangri-La Dialogue conference in Singapore last weekend. The US sanctioned Li in 2018 for his involvement in buying weapons systems from Russia.
Is any of this reassuring to anyone? We have fools governing us. Fools, crooks, and liars.
Remember when Biden said, “America is back,” and he’s the moral leader? What a joke.
In his inaugural address in January 2021, Biden announced that the US would “repair our alliances and engage with the world once again.”
Goodnight stars
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Chinese spy balloon
Xi spank...
Since when does the CIA get directly involved in overt foreign policy? It’s obvious that they have too much time on their hands. When that occurs, they are simply wasting tax dollars. Cut the CIA budget by 75% and Americans will be safer and freer.
“Can we get that balloon in Cornflower Blue?”
Maybe he really went there to pick up 'the big guys' cut of the action...There's too much heat on Biden to take large sums of cash and try to launder them. Besides, the CIA can use their 'kickbacks' from this deed - Biden keeps his payoffs word.
Maybe the CIA Chief went to collect a few million for himself.
CIA Chief Made Secret Trip to Beijing Last Month: US Official
06/04/2023 12:24:29 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
Channel News Asis ^ | 03 Jun 2023
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“Please send more spy balloons, thank you.”
to emphasize the importance of maintaining open lines of communication and intelligence, No he went their to make sure the got all the information they were promised
He just went to make sure that China got everything it wanted.
Sum Ting Wong.
Where’s the gif of the balloons knocking down Joe? 😂🤣
don’t they usually send a strongly worded letter?
CIA Chief = Bag man for The Big Guy.
Probably handed over a big bag of cash to replace their spy equipment.
I said that tongue in cheek.
Many “secrets” aren’t secrets from a threat. The threat knows full well.
Many so called “secrets” are to keep the public dumb, so that decision makers have the freedom in decision making and don’t get scrutinized. In some cases it’s even to protect them from legal recourse.
If there is no future operational information, no source, no technical details that aren’t already well known anyhow, it has no business being “secret.” The public has a RIGHT to know what their elected or public officials are doing on their behalf and with their tax dollars.
These folks work for the public, not the other way around.
So that’s where the missing gold bars went to.
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