THE "CHINESE SPY BALLOON" DEBACLE - and what it tells us is really scary

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If anyone needs further proof that China owns Biden (and others in our government), you only need to consider a couple things:

• Tbey must have something really “good” (bad) on our Commander-in-Chief, Joe Biden:

  • This doddering, stuttering, slurring fool let a spy balloon enter U.S. airspace (in the first place); let it traverse the entire country (in the second place), then finally had it shot down (or the military acted on its own - Joe was likely napping, or hadn’t had a recent cocktail shot of Adderall/speed/Focus Factor).

  • The USA, the global leader, the superpower, the technological leader of the free and unfree world, didn’t have the imagination (or prior plan) to do this:

    • One: Upon entering Alaskan airspace, or the CONUS airspace at the latest, send the largest cargo plane up to meet it.

    • Two: From that plane, or a fighter, or a specialized aircraft, send a targeted “ray,” a narrow, limited, EMP (Electro-magnetic Pulse) beam to disable its collection capabilities (or some similar beam).

    • Three: Shoot a combination of cables and netting around it. Yeah, it’s 200 feet high and oblong, and whatnot, but this can be done. There are even grappling hooks on cables that can be sent into its interior for snag of framing. Once the balloon is trapped, deflate it (if it’s not deflating already) and haul it into the cargo bay. Another idea here: Just tow it to the ground if weather and wind are favorable, then deflate.

    • Four: Examine the thing in the comfort of a hangar. Ya know, somewhere other than the ocean surface or bottom.

The idea that “the greatest country on earth” (I know that’s become shamefully arguable - thanks Biden/s) couldn’t disable this thing gracefully and tow it in for a rake of its secrets - before it raked and transmitted ours - is a bellwether for this country’s decline. Now consider:

Our, again, so-called Commander-in-Chief had a number of things to say about the spy balloon. It is all very disturbing and shows how far we’ve fallen:

Biden says the balloon was “not a major security breach.” Well, that implies that it was a security breach of some measure. Is Joe stupid? Does a bear…? Does the Left hate America? I mean: Duh - right? So… how is a breach mounted by China minor? We know this President is a moron just as we knew Sen. Biden was a moron, but this knowledge keeps inserting itself into any sentient person’s face daily. (Obama: Never underestimate Joe Biden’s ability to f*ck things up).

• Then, Biden said this, and it’s amazing (not in a good way): “Look, the total amount of intelligence gathering that’s going on by every country around the world is overwhelming….” “The idea that a balloon could traverse — break American airspace — is uh…,” Biden didn’t finish what he was attempting to say, and I know exactly why. Instead, he hopped to the non-sequitur, “…anyway, it’s not a major breach.”

  • “The amount of intelligence gathering” going on elsewhere has nothing to do with Americans’ expectations of best-security and protection of our intelligence (which Joe scatters in his homes, his Penn office, and his garage. We are supposed to be the best. It’s like casting American food shortages this way: ‘Look, the amount of starvation, suffering, and death going on elsewhere is overwhelming.’ So, our food shortages, inflation, crime, etc,, is nothing to worry about! This man is worse than stupid. He has now lost his political chops - a dubious and duplicitous asset, anyway.

  • The reason he broke off his sentence and finished with a non-sequitur is obvious: He was starting to say that “the idea that a balloon could traverse - break American airspace -” is ridiculous (or impossible, or something similar. The very idea!) - and then realized - oh shit - the balloon did exactly that. Again, a moron.

To hammer home the point that China may very well “own” us is, to again, visit Gen. Milley’s treason in communicating behind his former Commander-in-Chief’s back, President Trump, in advising his Chinese counterpart to not worry: He, Milley, would provide foreknowledge, a warning, if Trump were planning on action against China.

Amazing. And the man is free.

I saw a Dem senator on television this morning stating that the spy balloon had no effect on military operations. At the same time, Lloyd Austin, our DEI Secretary of Defense (no, not because he’s Black; DEI because he’s mediocre at best), stated that we constricted activities at nuclear bases and sites so as not to tip various modus operandi to China. You know, the enemy. When people speak at cross-purposes, it is just further proof that this Admin doesn’t know how to wipe its collective ass. One says no effect, the other says an effect. In fact, as to that latter, it appears a safe assumption that we constricted our national defense during this period. Over a balloon. A spy balloon that we’re too stupid, and/or too afraid, and/or too beholden to China, to stop.

Is there any reader here, knowing what we know about Biden and his disgusting son, that doesn’t believe China could blow Joe out of office with a simple release of what they know about him, and Hunter, as backed by empirical, inarguable, evidence? But they have use of him, and they can blackmail him - and likely have and are.

How else to explain recent events?

Lastly, and I think this will become a regular feature, a little levity. We need it:

Isn’t calling the spy balloon a “Chinese Spy Balloon” racist? It should be called “A spy balloon from China” - or, China’s Spy Balloon (possessive case), or the Chinese’s Spy Balloon (again, possessive) - otherwise, a “Chinese Spy Balloon” would have to look something like this:

Just to be clear, I don’t know exactly what the balloon looked like. It was white, and round, more-or-less, but I didn’t see all sides of it. It may well have looked similar to the above, and hence the near-universal reference to the balloon as a “Chinese spy balloon” may be well-sourced.

‘Till next time…

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I am a U.S. Army veteran (HQ, 500th Military Intelligence Brigade [Japan]; 1st Personnel Command [1st PERSCOM, Europe]; Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans [ODCSOPS, Pentagon], more) and a retired Fortune500 I.T. executive (Young & Rubicam, Inc., DC-NY; Burson-Marsteller, LLC, DC-NY, more) as well as employment at major non-profits (Nat’l. Food Processors Assoc., N. VA [now GMA]; Water Environment Federation, N. VA, more); as well as Top Secret contract work for clients. I have passed four FBI background checks, the most recent in June of 2022. I am also the author of the novel THE GRIM GRIND OF LIFE:  A PI’s strange bounces through a surfeit of eateries, juke joints, and dark doorways.  Prior, I authored the MBA-text I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium (UofW, UofMD, more than a dozen others). The latter book’s last chapter discusses energy and U.S. grid vulnerabilities, and remains a leading-voice in those realms. Books and expanded bio are available on Amazon.