Balloons and Buffoons

 What's the difference between Gen. Milli Vanilli, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and a Chinese intelligence balloon? One is traveling across the United States gathering useful data and the other is a treasonous bag of hot air killing time in DC. Mercifully, the Chinese balloon was retired off the coast of South Carolina yesterday. If only Milley were as easily retired.

The Chinese government is complaining about the downing of their "weather balloon". They claim that this violates international law. As the Chinese have violated "international law" for years, they may be more familiar with it than our government is. Can the Chinese please direct me to all of their complaints about international law when the Soviets shot down Korean Air flight 007 back in the 1980's? Let's review their activities during the Korean War? How about during the Vietnam war? I am not listening to lectures from the Chinese about anything other than a good stir-fry after their human rights violations during Mao's Cultural Revolution. That is where today's American leftists got their inspiration for their performance today.

A few passing thoughts on the Chinese balloon takedown. We were told that the military could not shoot it down in Montana or Missouri for fear that debris would kill someone or damage property. So, they shot it down a few miles off the South Carolina coast. I am sure that this has nothing to do with it, but South Carolina voted for Trump in the last two Presidential elections. Reports said that they cleared an area of boats and other marine traffic. I wonder how that actually worked. I realize that no one actually parks in a "No Parking" zone on the land. 😃 Did that "No Parking" policy work as well at sea?

I read that they chose to "pop the balloon" with an air-to-air missile. Just for the record, I checked out the armament choices on an F-22.  In addition to the missiles, the F-22 has a 20MM Gatling gun onboard. If you wanted to see what the balloon is carrying, do you shoot a bullet or a missile at it? Maybe a 20MM round will deflate the balloon a little slower and allow it to go to the ground at a lower speed and cause less damage to the equipment carried by the balloon. Even if it doesn't, what happens if you miss the balloon with a couple of rounds? Probably nothing. That's just another Saturday night at Myrtle Beach.

What would have happened if the missile had missed the target? Don't even waste your breath telling me that can't happen. Would it have automatically exploded, or would it have just fallen into the ocean for a fisherman to pick up in his nets? We have four ships looking for the balloon wreckage in an area which normally has a large amount of boating activity. Who will find the parts first? My money is on Hunter Biden!!