The Big Guy & That Balloon

The Wall Street Journal reports that initial reviews of the downed Chinese spy balloon by intelligence experts have discovered that it was “crammed with commercially available U.S. gear.”  It also had “more specialized Chinese sensors and other equipment to collect photos, video and other information to transmit to China.”

This raises two serious concerns. 

First, this was clearly no “weather balloon.”  So, why does Secretary of State Antony Blinken insist that this “chapter should be closed”?  Why does Joe Biden insist it was all just a misunderstanding that was “more embarrassing than it was intentional”?

Second, lots of “serious people” have been aggressively arguing that it’s just too difficult for us to decouple from communist China economically.  Well, Beijing is using our own technology to spy on us.  It’s clear to me that remaining economically entangled with communist China is a national security nightmare!

You’ll recall that Blinken was sent to China recently with one goal – to reestablish military communications between Beijing and Washington.  He failed. 

Now, communist China is making it clear what its demands are for restored military talks:  They want Biden to lift all of Donald Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. 

Biden is already trying to appease the ayatollah by lifting sanctions on Iran.  So, it’s only natural that Xi Jinping would expect the same.  Sadly, it’s a safe bet that “The Big Guy” will come through for him given how compromised the Biden family is by their deep ties to communist China.