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Prestonyte

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For those who wanted it shot down earlier,what if it landed and killed people?
Why would we have reservations about shooting down a Chinese aircraft (no matter what form) which has violated our airspace? We have no idea what weapons or destructive capabilities (EMP, chemical/viral weapons, etc.) the "balloon" has but we know it was not a "weather balloon". Shoot it down upon detection and gather the intelligence from the remains. Protecting the country from outside invaders takes precedence over collateral damage.
 
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Carolina Doc

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Why would China need to use a balloon to gather intel? They have spy satellites (like the USA and other countries) that are able to do a much better job of that than a crude balloon.
 
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Why would China need to use a balloon to gather intel? They have spy satellites (like the USA and other countries) that are able to do a much better job of that than a crude balloon.
Testing a delivery method for many destructive things (EMP, Bio-Weapons, etc.), not necessarily intel, to gauge our reaction.
We failed miserably!
 

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Why would we have reservations about shooting down a Chinese aircraft (no matter what form) which has violated our airspace? We have no idea what weapons or destructive capabilities (EMP, chemical/viral weapons, etc.) the "balloon" has but we know it was not a "weather balloon". Shoot it down upon detection and gather the intelligence from the remains. Protecting the country from outside invaders takes precedence over collateral damage.
If you to believe what the government/news said that they was jamming it anyways and it was rendered useless .. no need to take a chance.
 

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Here you go. From that liberal mouthpiece rag, Forbes Magazine. But since the MAGA's on this board don't accept the election results or that we landed on the moon, I'm sure they won't accept this either :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattno...dent-trump-was-in-office-too/?sh=2b2cbabd3ea3

And here's a piece where officials deny it ever happened under Trump.


So each side can complain that the other is lying and go to bed feeling vindicated.

Me personally? I'm going to stretch back my memory to all those times people watched, videod and the national media discussed the Chinese balloons while Trump was in office. /s
 
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I can imagine Biden's call to the Chairman now. "Now that its crossed the entire country and you 'monitored the weather' over the US, can I please shoot it down. The natives are getting restless." Chairman responds, " OK, we don't need to 'monitor the weather' over the Atlantic. Go ahead and take it down." Biden closes with"Thank You".
Biden responds with "Give Hunter the funds."
 
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Edit: Now we know it was a lie. They suddenly somehow detected balloons after Trump left office that they couldn't detect during his administration.

Riiiiiight.
 
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I can explain it for you.....******** stuffed as many unwatched ballot boxes as they could in the middle of the night. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how this moron of a president got the most votes in US history! Only an idiot, or someone who just doesn't want to see a problem could actually believe that election was legitimate.

The same generals proven to be a bunch of politically motivated liars many times over.
You do know that ballots are tracked, correct? Counties have a voter registration database and use this system to track the mail ballots that are sent out and returned. When the ballots are returned they scan the barcode on the envelope and it’s compared to the name etc of the voter. Do you really think that they do not track the number of ballots sent and returned as well as the ballots themselves? They are not printed on copy paper and have watermarks and specific ballot markings that encrypt the ballot. The system knows if it actually printed that specific ballot to put it simply. I would suggest that you volunteer at an elections office for the next election so you can learn how it works and all of the security that’s in place as well as the checks and balances that all take place during an election instead of believing in conspiracy theories that have no legitimate basis in reality. I worked in the elections industry for over 10 years for various vendors. I am not involved in it anymore but when I see statements like yours it makes my blood boil because you have no idea how any of this works but you believe a blow hard like a pillow guy and trump. It absolutely blows my mind that people can be this easily manipulated.
 

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And here's a piece where officials deny it ever happened under Trump.


So each side can complain that the other is lying and go to bed feeling vindicated.

Me personally? I'm going to stretch back my memory to all those times people watched, videod and the national media discussed the Chinese balloons while Trump was in office. /s
They still on trump is hilarious. they need him so bad to deflect from their own . sad for America.
 
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For those who wanted it shot down earlier,what if it landed and killed people?
This is why there are labels on irons

Don’t touch this surface might be hot
And here's a piece where officials deny it ever happened under Trump.


So each side can complain that the other is lying and go to bed feeling vindicated.

Me personally? I'm going to stretch back my memory to all those times people watched, videod and the national media discussed the Chinese balloons while Trump was in office. /s

Trump would fart in a cabinet meeting and we would know the amount of methane it contained

I find it hard to believe such a huge hit like this would not have been used against him if it did happen. Shifty was constantly stating he had the goods but never showed his hand. Seems like this would have a card he would have played
 

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Has it occurred to any of you that this wasn't of Chinese origin? Yall are being way too superficial. The deepstate never shows their cards.
 

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Inexcusable and unacceptable that this was not shot down over the Pacific near Alaska.
It would appear that both the president and the military failed miserably with this. Cause of concern for American safety.
First the idiots in charge must put out feelers and see what the polls say they should do. Maybe put together a focus group to study those poll results and then make a decision based on what's best for them politically. All that takes time. Hey, it's what we voted for. Dem leadership at its finest
 
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Well this has devolved into political name calling. Never imagined that happening on gamecock chat site with moderators who threaten death penalties to violators
 
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Well this has devolved into political name calling. Never imagined that happening on gamecock chat site with moderators who threaten death penalties to violators
I will be shocked if this thread is not taken down today. Some people never learn.