4th Time’s a Charm
What on God’s green Earth are we doing?
Four. There have been four Chinese balloons shot down over North America in a week. Well, we assume they are all balloons because the administration hasn’t provided any clarity as to exactly WHAT they shot down. Regardless, they shot them down, so we know they were a threat of some sort. Those are four separate acts of war. Four.
Don’t kid yourself into believing these are simply weather balloons or some other aircraft and they just got away from the Chinese. This is intentional and deliberate. These are intelligence gathering platforms. They aren’t flying these things for kicks.
I am NOT advocating for war. We’ve had more than enough of that over the last twenty years. I am NOT a warmonger. I would tell you anyone that has experienced it on the ground is the furthest thing from a warmonger. That’s not what this is about.
We look weak on the world stage. Our leadership looks inept. That’s across the board. The White House. Congress. The Pentagon. We are sitting back and letting this happen again and again. Four shot down and another three or so that are suspected or known with no action from us. That’s seven.
It is unbelievable that on the world stage we, the United States of America, are just taking this. We are like the new guy in prison right now. Take that metaphor for what it is worth. The Chinese are launching these balloons, or whatever else they are, and we are doing nothing diplomatically to address it. There is no emergency meeting of the UN security counsel. We haven’t brought in NATO. No Pacific partnerships. Nothing.
Every single nation in the Pacific rim should be shitting their pants right now. China has openly defied the United States and we have done NOTHING. Japan should be pissed, along with Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and all the rest. We can’t even protect our own airspace. If we can’t, how do you think those nations that are closer to China and less capable than we are feel?
We have spent decades building partnerships based on mutual protection. We are all in this together. And China is repeatedly giving us the middle finger. All of us.
Maybe this one will change our direction. Maybe this one will force us to get off our ass and do something. Maybe this one will drive us to bring in all our allies and stand up to the Chinese. Maybe this one will force the American people to stand up and tell President Biden his conduct is a detriment to the sovereignty of this nation and to everyone’s safety. Maybe this one will be different.
You know…maybe the 4th Time’s a Charm.