CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 8, 2023
WITH A DEFENSE BUDGET AROUND $850 BILLION, AMERICANS MIGHT EXPECT BETTER DETECTION WHEN IT COMES TO CHINESE DEVICES COMING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE MILITARY COMMAND IN CHARGE OF U.S. AIR DEFENSES FAILED TO DETECT SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS BEFORE THE RECENT INCIDENT. WORSE, THEY LEARNED ABOUT FROM INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, ACCORDING TO GENERAL GLEN VANHERCK, COMMANDER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND. HE DESCRIBED IT AS A “SURVEILLANCE GAP.”
REMINDS ME OF JOHN F. KENNEDY’S CLAIM IN 1960 OF A MISSILE GAP BETWEEN US AND THE RUSSIANS. THAT WASN’T TRUE. APPARENTLY THIS IS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS CHINESE DETECTION BALLOONS ALSO CROSSED THE COUNTRY DURING THE TRUMP YEARS. SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE, INCLUDING JOHN BOLTON, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND MIKE POMPEO, HEAD OF THE CIA AND LATER SECRETARY OF STATE, SAY THEY NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.
THE TRUTH WILL BE HARD TO COME BY, ESPECIALLY IF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WON’T SAY WHAT IF ANYTHING WAS LEARNED FROM THE BALLOON THAT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE ATLANTIC LAST SATURDAY.
COMMUNISM ISN’T DEAD AND CHINA CONDUCTS ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY IN THE AIR, BUT EVERYWHERE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
