‘Clear Message To China’: GOP Senator Hammers Pentagon For Letting Spy Balloon Fly Over Alaska
Daily CallerAPR 2023
Biden's swift and decisive action to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon was met with applause from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. While some critics believe he took too long, others understand that the president was putting the lives of American civilians first. This latest action confirms that Biden is making sound national security decisions in the face of these incursions into US airspace.
There is no excuse for why Biden and his Pentagon officials didn't destroy the previous Chinese balloon before it entered the US's mainland airspace. The president's inaction resulted in intelligence officials scrambling to protect America's secrets from Chinese intelligence collection as its surveillance device lingered over sensitive sites. Alaska is the first line of defense against Russia and China and that is where we should have crushed China's shameless espionage attempt. Biden needs to do better to protect America's skies.