That claim about three Chinese spy balloons
on Trump's watch is deflating fast
American Thinker,
by
Monica Showalter
Original Article
Posted By: PageTurner,
2/5/2023 11:03:16 AM
The Milley boys at the Pentagon have come up with a new public relations "save" for Joe Biden and his pathetic indecisiveness about a China spy balloon brazenly traversing the continental United States until it was shot down over the Atlantic yesterday.
According to the Pentagon's website, defense.gov:
The balloon did not pose a military or physical threat. Still its intrusion into American airspace over several days was an unacceptable violation of U.S. sovereignty. The official said Chinese balloons briefly transited the continental United States at least three times during the prior administration.
Predictably, the left has seized on that last line and had a field day:
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jimkata 2/5/2023 11:14:26 AM (No. 1395603)
why no action by Trump... Milley probably stonewalled it.
The lackadaisical nature of this is scary, What if this balloon was loaded with nerve agent, What it is had a EMP device (bomb) on it? What is it had a Nuke? NORAD or whoever sees it and they say its just a balloon. Then boom! we are in trouble.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 2/5/2023 11:19:05 AM (No. 1395606)
The usual MSM Knotseez hard at work.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
billa57 2/5/2023 11:28:51 AM (No. 1395619)
The MSM is always there to prop up the Socialist dictatorship. The coup never would have worked without them.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 2/5/2023 11:44:30 AM (No. 1395635)
Then they were three balloons during 45. The left goes ape-shite. Oh no. Thoroughly Modern Milley lieing to us? The DOD has denied such occurrences. Biden and his minions lieing to the American public. Par for the course. Who you going to believe - Biden or your lieing eyes?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
czechlist 2/5/2023 12:20:58 PM (No. 1395678)
I am a cynic. A balloon? Whether spy or not /s
What is going on that we are being distracted from?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Birddog 2/5/2023 12:22:48 PM (No. 1395682)
Where were they launched from? Mainland China? a Ship?
Any airborne apparatus should have a positive radar tracker/beacon, even ships require them, and they travel verry slowly, in only 2 dimensions, at a single altitude. These things are designed to be retrievable, shooting it down in a way that destroys it it ridiculous, Why use a Million dollar rocket when aviation platforms with .30cal/.50cal/20mm were readily available, lifting gas was almost certainly Helium, a few holes and the whole thing would slowly come to earth, and even then....decent diplomacy would have had the Chinese instigate a vent descent, capture, and eventual return, after WE of course had a chance to go over the rig thoroughly.(If it could be done with a Red October Sub...surely the brilliant minds of NASA/NSA/CIA/FBI could have figured out how to capitalize the access of a frikkin Balloon)
POINT To Note....this balloon traveled in normal aircurrents, if it cam from china, so did/does the air stream it traveled in...and the "Global Warming" pollution/carbon/greenhouse gasses it traveled in "Catastrophically altering our climate/weather" came from China as well.....meaning, US altering our outputs do not actually effect US much, it all moves from west to east, our discharges go out over the Atlantic, Chinas cross the entire pacific and end up here.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jasmine 2/5/2023 12:24:45 PM (No. 1395684)
At every turn this administration cooks up another preposterous “explanation” for standing by while our adversaries gain strength at our expense. Whether it is abandoning people and billions of dollars in US military equipment in Afghanistan, or opening our borders to an endless stream of terrorists, criminals, human traffickers, and drugs, or funding Chinese research without American oversight (we couldn’t even inspect the Wuhan lab) we are in decline, and it seems to be by design.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Daria 2/5/2023 12:38:37 PM (No. 1395696)
They've spent years demonizing the man, only to scream "But Trump did it, too!" whenever their incompetence is exposed. If it was wrong under Trump, it's worse under Biden, especially since he ran as the "voice of experience".
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Tennman 2/5/2023 1:31:06 PM (No. 1395732)
If this were even remotely true, Plastic Nancy would have held impeachment hearings, plus the MSM would have been non-stop.
YetaAnother pile of garbage to deflect
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
spacer 2/5/2023 2:03:21 PM (No. 1395756)
Austin Milley and the Joint Chiefs are traitors.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 2/5/2023 2:39:19 PM (No. 1395784)
I don't believe a word of it. Lies are all we get from these folks when they talk about Trump.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DrOstrow 2/5/2023 3:16:40 PM (No. 1395809)
Agreed.
Lemme see. This happened 3 times under President Trump and
NOBODY except 'authorized' people saw it !! Really ?? Are you serious ??
NO ONE on the ground or in the air saw anything UNLESS they were
'authorized' !!
Preposterous !
Snort, Chuckle !
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
chillijilli 2/5/2023 4:32:47 PM (No. 1395844)
FTA: According to the Pentagon's website, defense.gov: The balloon did not pose a military or physical threat.
I want to know WHEN and HOW they knew that.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
rochow 2/5/2023 6:14:07 PM (No. 1395928)
Rip Milley's medal's off and put him in front of a firing squad! I guess he also called the generals in China and told them not worry we won't interfere with your little balloon experiment!!!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Petronius 2/5/2023 6:36:28 PM (No. 1395943)
Milley should be in front of a firing squad.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
judy 2/6/2023 1:53:43 AM (No. 1396123)
My guess is everything Biden did wrong as a child he blamed it on his siblings…this is the 3rd year Biden has been blaming Trump…it’s getting old…
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mifla 2/6/2023 4:22:39 AM (No. 1396146)
I am so sick of this administration. Every time they get caught messing up, they try to blame someone else.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
skacmar 2/6/2023 6:16:57 AM (No. 1396193)
Even if it did occur during the Trump years, that does not make it OK today!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
JackBurton 2/6/2023 7:38:41 AM (No. 1396244)
Democrat playbook, page two.
When caught in an embarrassing act, say the other guy did/does it, too.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 2/6/2023 7:51:30 AM (No. 1396253)
The problem with fake news, particularly fake news intended to damage Trump, is that libtards accept it as gospel and repeat it ad nauseum. Look for "Trump's balloons" to become regular DNC talking points.
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Only someone as stupid as a Democrat would believe such a nonsensical story
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jebediah 2/6/2023 8:42:02 AM (No. 1396292)
There are two set in stone truths here: number one is that if anything at ALL was sighted during the Trump administration it would be ALL OVER THE NEWS in 30 seconds via the Dems and Trump haters and impeachment, yet again, would be under way. And two, as Radcliff said yesterday (when he, Espy and Pompeo denied the story), the Bidens have only two explanations for everything: 1: Trump allowed it, and 2. Trump ALSO did it. We all know Donald Trump, despite military advice (and why in H--- did he appoint Milley anyhow?) would have blown the balloon up once it was spotted in the Aleutions. Nonetheless, I am sure Morning Joe et al will run with this. I HOPE people will use common sense in response.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Speedypetey 2/6/2023 8:57:28 AM (No. 1396304)
The critical thinkers on social media called this stupid propaganda stunt out on a few minutes after brain dead schemed it. What do you THINK Pelosi, Swallowell, Nadless, Cheney, Kinzinger and the rest of the fascists would have done with their security clearances in the waste basket? They would have gone after President Trump--AGAIN!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/6/2023 9:24:53 AM (No. 1396317)
#17, blaming your predecessor for your own incompetence is SOP for demonrats. Clinton did it to Bush the elder, Obama did it to Bush the younger and now Biden is doing it to Trump. The left never takes responsibility for their own foibles.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
janjan 2/6/2023 9:30:36 AM (No. 1396323)
The leftists are accustomed to throwing out any made up story they can dream up and blaming Trump. The media instantly grab it whether it’s remotely true or not. Once the truth comes out they are silent. It’s a well used tactic that the uninformed idiots fall for repeatedly. It doesn’t even occur to these morons that if the Pentagon actually knew of such a thing and told no one in the Trump Administration they are traitors and the problem goes far beyond what the Chinese did.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 2/6/2023 9:37:19 AM (No. 1396333)
It's no problem, just a science balloon. The next one may be an EMP that will wipe out our entire electrical grid. Where was our Air force. It this balloon had not received permission the enter our air space, why wasn't it taken out before it ever entered our mainland?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 2/6/2023 10:44:06 AM (No. 1396394)
More lies and b.s., courtesy of the Pentagon. Total and complete corruption in all areas of the government.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/6/2023 10:47:08 AM (No. 1396400)
I didn't hear of that...where did those balloons go during President Trump's term...it seems to me that the democrats would have seized on that tidbit while President Trump was in the White House and running with it for the stolen 2020 election...it doesn't make sense and it's another Russia...russia...russia hoax....
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 2/6/2023 11:25:41 AM (No. 1396430)
Fantastic and Smart John Radcliff was on Maria's Sunday Morning Future's yesterday, and John said as Director of National Intelligence in President Trump's Administration that there were Chinese spy balloons in our skies during Trump's time in office were LIES! These balloons are the size of 3 school buses and hard to ignore, so someone, especially haters of President Trump would have instituted another fake Impeachment for that, if true. These evil so and so Leftists can't even lie convincingly!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
broken01 2/6/2023 11:49:35 AM (No. 1396454)
Our National Command Authority (NCA) is comprised of the biggest bunch of incompetent dummies I haven't seen since the last democrat administration. As a matter of fact these people are worse. It doesn't dawn of them that even if it did happen under PDJT (which it didn't) it is a serious breach of our national sovereignty. One that will not be addressed with any vigor or strength because of the country involved. This is also just another blame Orange Man Bad because we are a bunch of dimwitted Biden clowns in charge.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
walcb 2/6/2023 12:28:23 PM (No. 1396490)
Biden should have just stuck with the lie that he wanted to shoot it down but was advised against it by the military. The double lie that Trump did it is just too big a stretch, and another thing when will we hear about the recovery of the balloon that was shot down and a description of the electronics? I am guessing never.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
sherlock1 2/6/2023 1:05:22 PM (No. 1396506)
A little detail: the AIM-9X missile claimed to have been used by the USAF is a heat-seeking missile, the kind that loves to fly up the hot exhaust of a target... not a balloon! Not saying it's impossible, but it seems like a strange choice!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
red1066 2/6/2023 1:43:08 PM (No. 1396536)
Pure BS. If these balloons had used during the Trump administration, the media would have been all over it. Of course, if these balloons had been used when Trump was president they were probably brought down long before they reached Alaska.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/6/2023 7:06:02 PM (No. 1396749)
Re the balloon and other silly cra -up up in the air, the United States Air Force are all in class for Sensitivity Training. The USN is waiting its turn.
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Spinning into the Atlantic along with the belatedly shot-down balloon.