Do you think we should shoot down the Chinese spy balloon?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes
	15 (75%)
	No
	5 (25%)
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[DURHAM D]

1. Not my decision.

I trust President Biden to make the right decision.

If you are a Democrat you should too.

[JohnSJ]

5. Exactly

[mvd]

13. Agree

I passed on the poll for this reason.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Looks like it will be shot down over the ocean.

Link to tweet

[Hope22]

3. What would China do if we floated one over them?

H@$$ maybe we already have?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Remember when one of our jets made an emergency landing and China ....

Remember when one of our jets made an emergency landing in China and they gave it back to us in a million little pieces?

[Emile]

4. That's what republicans want. See them on TV putting down Biden

for not shooting it down.

[former9thward]

6. Its too late now.

It has already passed its intelligence to China.

[dpibel]

12. All is lost! All our best secrets!!

Damn those clever Chinese.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Yeah, and our damn our stupid military for not having electronics jammers!

[former9thward]

19. Why not let Chinese Air Force planes fly across the country at will?

Afterall they can't do anything. Our military is so powerful...

[GoCubsGo]

20. Yeah, jamming the balloon's electronic signals is "can't do anything."

Okie dokie.

[former9thward]

23. My original question stands.

Since our military is all powerful. And you have no idea how the balloon was communicating or what was or was not done to stop it. I wonder if your post would be the same if this was four years ago?

[GoCubsGo]

25. And, my original comment still stands.

Yes. Our military has jamming capabilities. And, yes. I would have posted the same if this was four years ago. I can separate the military leadership from their Commander in Chief. And, you have no idea what else that thing might be carrying besides electronics. Are you okay with it spreading some sort of pathogen over a wide swath of whatever state it's over when you shoot it down? And, who cares where all that shrapnel lands. As long as it's not on you, your family, and your property, it's fine, right?

[Just_Vote_Dem]

26. I also was worried about a pathogen n/t

[GoCubsGo]

29. Odds are that it was just what everyone was speculating.

But, yes. That sucker could have been packing anything. We'll have no way of knowing until we retrieve it, which it looks like they'll be able to do. The video I saw was showing that they managed not to obliterate it when they shot it down. They ought to be able to grab it when it hits the water.

[former9thward]

27. So now its carrying killer pathogens.

So we must submit.... Wow.

[GoCubsGo]

28. Well, I didn't say that.

Just pointing out the possibility. None of us know for sure what that thing was carrying. The assumption is that it was a spy balloon.

[dpibel]

30. But you know for certain...

Odd that you are certain the poster you're replying to has "no idea how the balloon was communicating or what was or was not done to stop it."

You, however, know to a certainty that it is too late as the Chinese already have possession of all the secrets.

Odd how that works.

[hlthe2b]

7. I think they should do what is possible to retrieve it to examine & to do so without risk to others

which is exactly what they apparently plan to do.

[republianmushroom]

8. there are spy satellites and spy ships off the coast and spies in Washington,

an ex-president with classified doc's but the hundreds and we are worried about a balloon at 60K feet.
Give me a brake for christ sake.

[Emile]

10. Exactly, China has something like 20 spy satellites looking

down on us right now. They put 4 new spy satellites up last year alone. Step outside and if they want they could zoom down and see you.

[BlackSkimmer]

17. I find it a bit odd to have China floating a balloon over us.

Whatever the reason.

I don't see this as a partisan issue.

[Srkdqltr]

9. I think we should shoot the next person who mentions it.

[Freethinker65]

11. If by doing so we can recover information from it? yep. To merely destroy it? possibly.

The US needs to know as much as they can about what it was used for, as well has how to prevent such recurrences.

[BlackSkimmer]

16. I'd rather them take it in tow somehow.

Surely they could do that.

This whole thing is bizarre as hell.

[MyMission]

22. I agree

Maybe drop a net from above and haul it down.

But I also wonder if it has a self destruct mechanism, which must be a concern.
Still, I think we should try to capture it.

[hunter]

18. What kind of stupid movie is this?

This is why I don't watch ANY television news or opinion.

[NowISeetheLight]

21. Shoot

Shoot it down…. Or publicize and minimize it with humor as a pathetic attempt at espionage.

[ismnotwasm]

24. I'm sure the military, privy to far more knowledge than the general internet

Will know if that’s a thing to do.