Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Balloons-problem solved Date:   2/5/2023 11:32:40 AM

One article I saw quoted Biden as saying it only took one missile to take it out..... well, the balloon was the size of 3 football fields and if our very fine missiles couldn't take it out with one shot, we would truly be doomed.  

I don't believe that Biden gave the order on Wednesday - I think the only reason it was shot down was when Biden saw all the criticism he was getting for not doing so.  But he made sure that the Chinese had plenty of time to download all the data they were downloading before he had the balloon destroyed.  The Chinese have Joe in their pocket and they know it. 

A couple of thoughts I had this mornning - trial balloon to see if the US would do anything?  Also, now that we have shot it down, the Chinese have announced that their righteous indignation and said that their military would retaliate.  Could it be that they just used the balloon to let us shoot it down and now now can claim "retaliation"?  That makes them victims and gives them the right to retaliate againt our military in any way they deem fit.  

Austin in nothing but a Biden puppet, so it is doubtrul to me that he would give another opinion other than what Biden wants to hear.  Even the governor of Montana said that there was no harm in shooting it down over his state - huge military base and not much population.