Allardyce T. Meriwether here to be exact: "2 Legged Creature will believe anything" Martin Balsam my second favorite Character in the revisionist Western Movie & Book "Little Big Man" Should be required viewing for all. "Those Stars up there my boy twinkle in a Void, and 2 Legged Creature schemes & dreams beneath them all in vain"...! One of the greatest Scenes in all movies when he gives Jack Crabbe played by Dustin Hoffman his vision of moral order. "The 2 Legged Creature will believe anything the more preposterous the better" I have sold all those propositions even that a Nuclear War is winnable...! lol As Jack might say again: "Maybe we're all fools and none of it matters"-- Ahhhh...
wdt: Great Line Alardyce stays true to himself decidedly no hypocrite even as other parts of start whittling away from him later in the Film. I have the book & Film in my Collection personally liking the Film more than the book-- rare for me! If Aliens came from outer space and wanted to know about humans and Americans in particular I'd show them this Film...! Classic from 1970. Richard Mulligan is spot on as General Custer in a early interpretation of "Scorched Earth Policy" in eradicating the American Indian population. Back to Alardyce " Jack there's a fortune chewin grass out on those Plains" lol
One question nobody will Ever bother to ask is: How much did it cost US taxpayers to bring down that balloon?... :
MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER CHINA BALLOON SHOT DOWN [Extracts] by Lolita C. Baldor And Tara Copp 020423
… At 2:39 p.m. Saturday, as the balloon flew in U.S. airspace about 6 nautical miles off the coast of South Carolina, a single F-22 fighter jet from Virginia's Langley Air Force Base - flying at an altitude of 58,000 feet - fired an AIM-9X Sidewinder into it. The Sidewinder is a short-range missile used by the Navy and Air Force primarily for air-to-air engagements, the missile is about 10 feet long and weighs about 200 pounds.
Live news feeds showed the moment of impact, as the balloon collapsed and began a lengthy fall into the Atlantic.
THE F-22 WAS SUPPORTED BY AN ARRAY OF AIR FORCE AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD FIGHTER JETS AND TANKERS, INCLUDING F-15S FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND TANKER AIRCRAFT FROM OREGON, MONTANA, MASSACHUSETTS, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA. All pilots returned safely to base and there were no injuries or other damage on the ground, a senior military official told reporters in a Saturday briefing.
As the deflated balloon was slowly drifting down, U.S. Navy vessels had already moved in, waiting to collect the debris… .
… Officials said the USS OSCAR AUSTIN, A NAVY DESTROYER, THE USS CARTER HALL, A DOCK LANDING SHIP, AND THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA, A GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER, ARE ALL PART OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT, AND A SALVAGE VESSEL WILL ARRIVE IN A FEW DAYS. They said Navy divers will be on hand if needed, along with unmanned vessels that can recover debris and lift it back up to the ships. THE FBI WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TO CATEGORIZE AND ASSESS ANYTHING RECOVERED, OFFICIALS SAID.
Hark!!! Is that a Get Ready For War Drum being beaten in the not-too-distant background?... :
CHINA SPY BALLOON SHOWS COUNTRY IS PREPARING CITIZENS FOR WAR THAT COULD COME AT ‘ANY TIME’: EXPERT by Andrew Miller 020423
A Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. airspace in Montana signals that the country is preparing its citizens for war, an expert on U.S. and China relations told Fox News Digital.
"The #ChineseSpyBalloon shows us that #China is preparing to go to war," Gordon Chang, a columnist and author who has written several books on China, tweeted on Friday following the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon over Montana the day before.
"WE KNOW WHAT THE CHINESE ARE DOING," CHANG EXPLAINED. "THEY’RE ENGAGED IN THE FASTEST MILITARY BUILDUP SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THEY’RE TRYING TO SANCTIONS-PROOF THEIR REGIME, AND MOST OMINOUSLY THEY’RE PREPARING CHINA’S CIVILIANS FOR WAR."
Chang pointed to a recent move from Chinese President Xi Jinping shortly after he was appointed to his precedent breaking third term as General Secretary at the National Congress in October, when he appointed what is being referred to as the "war cabinet."
"China is preparing to go to war," Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," said. "It’s engaged in extremely provocative and dangerous activities around its periphery, and war could come at any time and at any place."
Chang told Fox News Digital that DECADES OF INACTION TO COMBAT CHINESE AGGRESSION IN TAIWAN AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE CHINA DOES NOT FEAR REPERCUSSIONS FOR ACTS OF AGGRESSION, SUCH AS THE SPY BALLOON THAT HAS BEEN FLOATING OVER THE UNITED STATES FOR DAYS.
"The United States is so much more powerful than China from almost every perspective and yet the Chinese don't view it this way," Chang said. "THE CHINESE VIEW THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TOLD THEM THAT THEY CAN DO THAT."
Totally off topic, but not really: Instead of shooting that Chinese spy balloon down, does not the US have the technology to intercept it, retrieve it, and bring it back to Earth for inspection and analysis?
They just shot it down over the Atlantic. Officially that was to prevent civilian damage. Unofficially we can guess that was to ensure the authorities had access before any civilians got involved.
2/3/23 Daily Wire: 'The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed late Friday that it has identified a second Chinese spy balloon that is operating over the Americas right now.
“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. “We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon.”'
There will be no war. Biden has surrendered to the Chinese balloon. (parody)
https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-announces-us-surrender-to-chinese-balloon
Allardyce T. Meriwether here to be exact: "2 Legged Creature will believe anything" Martin Balsam my second favorite Character in the revisionist Western Movie & Book "Little Big Man" Should be required viewing for all. "Those Stars up there my boy twinkle in a Void, and 2 Legged Creature schemes & dreams beneath them all in vain"...! One of the greatest Scenes in all movies when he gives Jack Crabbe played by Dustin Hoffman his vision of moral order. "The 2 Legged Creature will believe anything the more preposterous the better" I have sold all those propositions even that a Nuclear War is winnable...! lol As Jack might say again: "Maybe we're all fools and none of it matters"-- Ahhhh...
How true!
"All Life carries a particle of risk, dear boy ..."
wdt: Great Line Alardyce stays true to himself decidedly no hypocrite even as other parts of start whittling away from him later in the Film. I have the book & Film in my Collection personally liking the Film more than the book-- rare for me! If Aliens came from outer space and wanted to know about humans and Americans in particular I'd show them this Film...! Classic from 1970. Richard Mulligan is spot on as General Custer in a early interpretation of "Scorched Earth Policy" in eradicating the American Indian population. Back to Alardyce " Jack there's a fortune chewin grass out on those Plains" lol
One question nobody will Ever bother to ask is: How much did it cost US taxpayers to bring down that balloon?... :
MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER CHINA BALLOON SHOT DOWN [Extracts] by Lolita C. Baldor And Tara Copp 020423
… At 2:39 p.m. Saturday, as the balloon flew in U.S. airspace about 6 nautical miles off the coast of South Carolina, a single F-22 fighter jet from Virginia's Langley Air Force Base - flying at an altitude of 58,000 feet - fired an AIM-9X Sidewinder into it. The Sidewinder is a short-range missile used by the Navy and Air Force primarily for air-to-air engagements, the missile is about 10 feet long and weighs about 200 pounds.
Live news feeds showed the moment of impact, as the balloon collapsed and began a lengthy fall into the Atlantic.
THE F-22 WAS SUPPORTED BY AN ARRAY OF AIR FORCE AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD FIGHTER JETS AND TANKERS, INCLUDING F-15S FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND TANKER AIRCRAFT FROM OREGON, MONTANA, MASSACHUSETTS, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA. All pilots returned safely to base and there were no injuries or other damage on the ground, a senior military official told reporters in a Saturday briefing.
As the deflated balloon was slowly drifting down, U.S. Navy vessels had already moved in, waiting to collect the debris… .
… Officials said the USS OSCAR AUSTIN, A NAVY DESTROYER, THE USS CARTER HALL, A DOCK LANDING SHIP, AND THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA, A GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER, ARE ALL PART OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT, AND A SALVAGE VESSEL WILL ARRIVE IN A FEW DAYS. They said Navy divers will be on hand if needed, along with unmanned vessels that can recover debris and lift it back up to the ships. THE FBI WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TO CATEGORIZE AND ASSESS ANYTHING RECOVERED, OFFICIALS SAID.
Complete article at https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-balloon-many-questions-about-suspected-spy-in-the-sky [EMPHASES added.]
P.S. First air-to-air "kill" for the ultra-expensive F-22 jet fighter!
Talk about overkill! I'm surprised the Army and the Space Force weren't involved. All this for a balloon!
Hark!!! Is that a Get Ready For War Drum being beaten in the not-too-distant background?... :
CHINA SPY BALLOON SHOWS COUNTRY IS PREPARING CITIZENS FOR WAR THAT COULD COME AT ‘ANY TIME’: EXPERT by Andrew Miller 020423
A Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. airspace in Montana signals that the country is preparing its citizens for war, an expert on U.S. and China relations told Fox News Digital.
"The #ChineseSpyBalloon shows us that #China is preparing to go to war," Gordon Chang, a columnist and author who has written several books on China, tweeted on Friday following the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon over Montana the day before.
"WE KNOW WHAT THE CHINESE ARE DOING," CHANG EXPLAINED. "THEY’RE ENGAGED IN THE FASTEST MILITARY BUILDUP SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THEY’RE TRYING TO SANCTIONS-PROOF THEIR REGIME, AND MOST OMINOUSLY THEY’RE PREPARING CHINA’S CIVILIANS FOR WAR."
Chang pointed to a recent move from Chinese President Xi Jinping shortly after he was appointed to his precedent breaking third term as General Secretary at the National Congress in October, when he appointed what is being referred to as the "war cabinet."
"China is preparing to go to war," Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," said. "It’s engaged in extremely provocative and dangerous activities around its periphery, and war could come at any time and at any place."
Chang told Fox News Digital that DECADES OF INACTION TO COMBAT CHINESE AGGRESSION IN TAIWAN AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE CHINA DOES NOT FEAR REPERCUSSIONS FOR ACTS OF AGGRESSION, SUCH AS THE SPY BALLOON THAT HAS BEEN FLOATING OVER THE UNITED STATES FOR DAYS.
"The United States is so much more powerful than China from almost every perspective and yet the Chinese don't view it this way," Chang said. "THE CHINESE VIEW THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TOLD THEM THAT THEY CAN DO THAT."
Continued at https://www.yahoo.com/now/china-spy-balloon-shows-country-130019312.html [EMPHASES added.]
Another question inquiring minds need to ponder: What can a balloon at 60,000 feet see that China's surveillance satellites can't?
Seriously: Was intercepting and retrieving it totally intact an option? Any idea, Bill, who could answer that question?
If that was indeed an option, the whole Planet needs to know why it wasn't exercised, as opposed to shooting it down Top Gun-style.
And i can't help but wonder what was going on in the various "War Rooms" around the nation while all this was unfolding.
Heh. On the other hand, maybe i don't want to know.
Totally off topic, but not really: Instead of shooting that Chinese spy balloon down, does not the US have the technology to intercept it, retrieve it, and bring it back to Earth for inspection and analysis?
They just shot it down over the Atlantic. Officially that was to prevent civilian damage. Unofficially we can guess that was to ensure the authorities had access before any civilians got involved.
The Empire Is Saved! :-)
But I hear there's another balloon. How many balloons constitute an invasion?
2/3/23 Daily Wire: 'The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed late Friday that it has identified a second Chinese spy balloon that is operating over the Americas right now.
“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. “We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon.”'
Mr. President, we cannot allow a surveillance balloon gap!
I wonder if ours are also "Made in China"?
Heh. Good question.
Where's my copy of "World Targets in Megadeaths"?