I think I’m more inclined to believe the PRC line, first impression of the story which I guess a lot of people are just ignoring for :us-foreign-policy:, yeah why would they use a balloon and why would it even be worth the US elevating it to the public if they were.
At the same time, why not just float dubious weather balloons over the continental US? Ultimately it’s just going to be embarrassing for everyone involved who makes a big deal of it, especially internationally in the parts of the world China is currently making inroads with often for the first time.
And it wouldn’t fucking matter either way lol
IT WAS JUST VISITING, IT WAS A FREE TRAVELLER UPON THE LAND
Should be a red flag for everyone that this thing isn’t what the government is claiming it is since they waited until it made the cross country trip before shooting it down.
But knowing Americans it will be seen as either
-Biden was just waiting to be sure no civilians are hurt by the debris.-Libs
-Biden is incompetent and possibly Chinese agent.-Conservatives
The US should have surrendered to the balloon. It would have been a merciful ruler.
So what happens when they recover this thing and discover it was just some amateur radio project or an actual weather balloon?
They’ll lie.
The Pentagon will have a press conference and the spokesperson will say something like “We know the press wants details but in the interests of national security we are not at liberty to divulge yada yada yada…”
Don’t forget some off the record source will say something like “high ranking officials are still seriously concerned about the surveillance capabilities of this craft and are developing protocols to deal with it in the future.”
“high ranking officials are still seriously concerned about the surveillance capabilities of this craft and are developing protocols to deal with it in the future.”
That sounds exactly like something a Pentagon stooge working for MSNBC as some kind of “security expert” would say.
Ninja edit: It’s a perfect fit. That’s Ken Dilanian of MNSBC. I really hate that guy. Everything he says sounds like it was approved by the Pentagon, the CIA or similar.
It will be like when the cops find some candles at a protest and documeny them as “incendiary devices”.
Didn’t they do that just the other day at the Cop City protests near Atlanta? It was a fucking camp stove. There were also “stabbing weapons” (a pair of scissors) recovered from the CRIME SCENE!
They hit the bottom (non-balloon) part of it with a missile. I doubt much is left. It was also over the water.
