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Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down | |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 85206135 Thailand02/04/2023 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down More from the linked article: Ignoring the incoherent ramblings of Trump for a moment, the Chinese spy balloon situation still left plenty of valid questions about what should’ve been done and when. Pentagon officials reportedly considered shooting down the balloon earlier this week, but didn’t want to have debris hit anything on the ground. But the U.S. is a very large place with plenty of farm land. It seems illogical that there wasn’t at least a stretch of land where the military could’ve safely forced the balloon down. Reasonable people can disagree on whether the waiting game chosen by the Biden administration was the right course of action. But the question of whether something similar would’ve happened under Trump appears to have been answered. It did.  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83897066  United States02/04/2023 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down More from the linked article: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 Ignoring the incoherent ramblings of Trump for a moment, the Chinese spy balloon situation still left plenty of valid questions about what should’ve been done and when. Pentagon officials reportedly considered shooting down the balloon earlier this week, but didn’t want to have debris hit anything on the ground. But the U.S. is a very large place with plenty of farm land. It seems illogical that there wasn’t at least a stretch of land where the military could’ve safely forced the balloon down. Reasonable people can disagree on whether the waiting game chosen by the Biden administration was the right course of action. But the question of whether something similar would’ve happened under Trump appears to have been answered. It did. Deep state must be stopped they want to join new democratic world order ChIna/Russia without giving a fight. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80433877  Singapore02/04/2023 09:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down More from the linked article: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 Ignoring the incoherent ramblings of Trump for a moment, the Chinese spy balloon situation still left plenty of valid questions about what should’ve been done and when. Pentagon officials reportedly considered shooting down the balloon earlier this week, but didn’t want to have debris hit anything on the ground. But the U.S. is a very large place with plenty of farm land. It seems illogical that there wasn’t at least a stretch of land where the military could’ve safely forced the balloon down. Reasonable people can disagree on whether the waiting game chosen by the Biden administration was the right course of action. But the question of whether something similar would’ve happened under Trump appears to have been answered. It did. Trump himself posted a video to Twitter yesterday, rambling about how the University of Pennsylvania might be compromised by Chinese spies, an accusation for which he provided no evidence. Trump, a known liar and continued threat to the safety and security of the United States, also called for a the U.S. government to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon. https://twitter.com/_/status/1621604687026814978 And they shot it down. I guess the Qtards will use this as proof that Trump is still president and calls the shots as Commander in Chief. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80433877 Singapore02/04/2023 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down TRUMP IS A PATRIOT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85114485 DEMOCRATS EAT SHOT AND DIE WEF TRAITORS. Not only that, Donald Trump was a master strategist. https://twitter.com/_/status/1621608105942327298 |
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| MostlySunshine
User ID: 48426092 United States02/04/2023 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down Really? The media must not have known about Spy balloons when Trump was in office because they would still be running daily stories about it.  Ain't no sunshine when she's gone...ain't no borderline psychotic emotional outbursts either. Some days you just have to create your own sunshine. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 82044571 New Zealand02/04/2023 09:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80433877 Singapore02/04/2023 09:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down A pic of what? The shootdown that literally thousands of people watched from the beach? Of a balloon flying over the USA, when Trump was in office. The Pentagon does not typically release photos like that, as they didn’t do with this one. It was not until they announced this Chinese balloon that civilians began looking for it and took some photos. |
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| DMJ
User ID: 71404780 United States02/04/2023 09:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down A pic of what? The shootdown that literally thousands of people watched from the beach? Of a balloon flying over the USA, when Trump was in office. The Pentagon does not typically release photos like that, as they didn’t do with this one. It was not until they announced this Chinese balloon that civilians began looking for it and took some photos. STFU or show some pic's when Trump was in office. |
| G. House
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80010802  Brazil02/04/2023 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80433877 A pic of what? The shootdown that literally thousands of people watched from the beach? Of a balloon flying over the USA, when Trump was in office. The Pentagon does not typically release photos like that, as they didn’t do with this one. It was not until they announced this Chinese balloon that civilians began looking for it and took some photos. STFU or show some pic's when Trump was in office. Try filing an FOI request for highly classified materials like that with DoD and see how much you get. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84816117 United States02/04/2023 10:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down More from the linked article: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 Ignoring the incoherent ramblings of Trump for a moment, the Chinese spy balloon situation still left plenty of valid questions about what should’ve been done and when. Pentagon officials reportedly considered shooting down the balloon earlier this week, but didn’t want to have debris hit anything on the ground. But the U.S. is a very large place with plenty of farm land. It seems illogical that there wasn’t at least a stretch of land where the military could’ve safely forced the balloon down. Reasonable people can disagree on whether the waiting game chosen by the Biden administration was the right course of action. But the question of whether something similar would’ve happened under Trump appears to have been answered. It did. Trump himself posted a video to Twitter yesterday, rambling about how the University of Pennsylvania might be compromised by Chinese spies, an accusation for which he provided no evidence. Trump, a known liar and continued threat to the safety and security of the United States, also called for a the U.S. government to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon. https://twitter.com/_/status/1621604687026814978 And they shot it down. I guess the Qtards will use this as proof that Trump is still president and calls the shots as Commander in Chief. So Trump also wanted to shoot it down and destroy the evidence? Thread: The Chinese Communists are flying spy balloons over the US and Joe Biden is destroying the evidence for them |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84816117 United States02/04/2023 10:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down New statement from the Pentagon further confirms this “ Chinese balloons briefly transited the continental United States at least three times during the prior administration. ” [link to www.defense.gov (secure)] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 82266385 United States02/04/2023 10:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down New statement from the Pentagon further confirms this Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84816117 “ Chinese balloons briefly transited the continental United States at least three times during the prior administration. ” [link to www.defense.gov (secure)] So Donald Trump didn’t destroy the evidence. Not only did he allow Chinese surveillance balloons to fly over the continental United States without shooting them down but he did it three times during his presidency.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83908499 United States02/04/2023 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down More from the linked article: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 Ignoring the incoherent ramblings of Trump for a moment  A reporter in 2023 using the word "incoherent" when a corrupt, deranged, senile US-hating liberal is in the US presidency is the height of irony. Unless that writer is a conservative/rightwinger (which is doubtful), he needs to sit down and shut the fuck up. . |
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| Copperhead
User ID: 80522000 United States02/04/2023 10:51 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down “I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics. “Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online. But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House. “The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.” The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years. “Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.” President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years. The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era. “China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,” [link to www.forbes.com (secure)] Whataboutism. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 81593661 United States02/04/2023 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down “I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics. “Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online. But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House. “The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.” The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years. “Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.” President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years. The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era. “China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,” [link to www.forbes.com (secure)] Whataboutism. It’s not whataboutism. It’s historical fact. |
| Blizzard Lizzard
User ID: 85059150 United States02/04/2023 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down “I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85206135 But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics. “Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online. But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House. “The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.” The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years. “Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.” President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years. The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era. “China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,” [link to www.forbes.com (secure)]  |
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| Dipperdan
User ID: 80948897 United States02/04/2023 11:39 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down Article written today…..lol….what fucking bullshit they tend to prove ??? Was never any spy fucking balloons when Trump was in office….come on man…..it’s the difference between having balls and no balls alll with Biden…. |
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