Tom Paine 1949
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I agree … mostly. But if it were a spy balloon intentionally sent over the Continental U.S. it would have constituted a stupid political provocation and escalation of hostilities.That is what it actually looks like. Even if it had been a spy balloon, so what? The US is constantly flying spy missions into Chinese territory and in parallel spy onto their own allies.
For Americans to make it into a Biden-Trump issue - basically even adds extra benefits for China.
Spying from satellites is acceptable under international law, but not from within the atmosphere over the territory of a foreign power. The Pentagon may have immediately ascertained this was unintended. They certainly would have shot it down earlier if they thought it was spying and they couldn’t shut down its communications.
It is not completely impossible that the balloon was sabotaged by elements in Western military intelligence or the NSA, elements trying to create an artificial scandal, and thereby sabotage any possible U.S.-China detente. The truth is we don’t know yet and may never know exactly what happened in this case, as in many other cases.
Who blew up the underwater NorthStream gas pipelines? I believe the most likely and natural culprit was a secret U.S. naval demolition team … acting under the direct instruction of President Biden. But can I (or Seymour Hersh) prove this? Absolutely not.
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