"If they were Russian, the government would have no trouble admitting it."
No, it would be the same story as right now. But if it was the Trump administration dealing with this and they found out it was Russia that sent the balloons, then unless you have a neocon like Liz Cheney who was in the administration, they would have blamed someone else.
"They were Chinese military balloons Sunday when we shot em down, now they're civilian weather balloons so Joe can apologize to China without losing his job."
Proof?
"World politics is chess and the US Gov is playing tik tac toe with China. Whether this is because they're terrified of China or simply need China's manufacturing capacity to keep our country running, we don't know..."
Yes China is heavily relied on for manufacturing, but what if India's population overtakes China's population?
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