There's no coexisting with these people
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I agree with all points.
This is failure by Biden in his role as Commander in Chief. He should be impeached for this.
High resolution footage of the flyover states without atmospheric interference could easily reveal the location of US ICBM silos.
The decision to not shoot it down over Kansas (or whatever) was a cynical decision of politics and optics over strategic interests.
As this isn't the first such probing attack, there is not reason for the Air Force to have a policy to deal with these balloons. They could easily be dropped into the arctic ocean on every occasion; well before they make landfall.
It is an opportunity to send a message: Most countries could not shoot down a high altitude balloon, but the USA can.
Draw a parallel with the U2 surveillance planes of the 60s.