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Anyone else feel like we aren't getting the whole story here?
I don’t understand what’s so interesting about a spy balloon anyway. Doesn’t China already have satellites in orbit able to take high resolution pictures anywhere in the country anyway?
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Yeah, it's a big distraction from other, non-balloon important world events that we should be focusing on, of which there are many. These balloons taking over the news cycle for days on end eats into peoples precious attention spans. Suddenly balloons are the hottest thing to focus on right now though.
https://newsasfacts.com/ Even my most unbiased source of news can’t come up with much distraction-worthy news outside of a small kerfuffle in the Philippines.
Anyone else feel like we aren't getting the whole story here?
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https://newsasfacts.com/ Even my most unbiased source of news can’t come up with much distraction-worthy news outside of a small kerfuffle in the Philippines.
Is this your site? It looks neat
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Yeah, it's a big distraction from other, non-balloon important world events that we should be focusing on, of which there are many. These balloons taking over the news cycle for days on end eats into peoples precious attention spans. Suddenly balloons are the hottest thing to focus on right now though.
https://newsasfacts.com/ Even my most unbiased source of news can’t come up with much distraction-worthy news outside of a small kerfuffle in the Philippines.
Anyone else feel like we aren't getting the whole story here?
Yeah, it's a big distraction from other, non-balloon important world events that we should be focusing on, of which there are many. These balloons taking over the news cycle for days on end eats into peoples precious attention spans. Suddenly balloons are the hottest thing to focus on right now though.
Anyone else feel like we aren't getting the whole story here?
I don’t understand what’s so interesting about a spy balloon anyway. Doesn’t China already have satellites in orbit able to take high resolution pictures anywhere in the country anyway?
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> jumping with both feet to conclusions What conclusions? I'd actually like to see some conclusions. So far all we have is 'objects'.
"Reported" objects. On a complex radar system which has filters in the process of being re-tuned, because of concern things have been missed but now, there are more false positives: radar is complicated and weather, dust, floating metallised party balloons, insects, migrating birds can generate signals.
Great, so you're setting up Pearl Harbor 2.0
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Why is a member of Congress commenting and not the DOD or the Governor of Montana? Is someone spilling classified information to show off?
It's worth noting that in the US government hierarchy, the United States Congress is superior to the Department of Defense. Why? Because they (both House and Senate) write the laws stating who and what the DoD is, the House funds the DoD, and the Senate confirms appointments of officers. Specifically with regards to Matt Rosendale, he is a Representative from Montana. He is in a position where he can demand (and will…
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It's worth noting that in the US government hierarchy, the United States Congress is superior to the Department of Defense. Why? Because they (both House and Senate) write the laws stating who and what the DoD is, the House funds the DoD, and the Senate confirms appointments of officers. Specifically with regards to Matt Rosendale, he is a Representative from Montana. He is in a position where he can demand (and will…
That is not how the chain of command works for the military. The president is the commander in chief, and senators do not report to him.
Congress performs oversight of the military and sets budgets, so they're briefed on operations like this which have some outsized political impact. It doesn't seem to me like these things should be a big deal but the rest of the people in the US seem to act like it is, so Congress is naturally very interested.