So the Chinese hoped the US reaction to these balloons would further divide our country. Reasonable hope and one that Putin has capitalized on in similar fashion by creating a provocation and counting on the US right to respond the opposite to the way the left would just because it's anathema to them to agree with the left on anything, e…
So the Chinese hoped the US reaction to these balloons would further divide our country. Reasonable hope and one that Putin has capitalized on in similar fashion by creating a provocation and counting on the US right to respond the opposite to the way the left would just because it's anathema to them to agree with the left on anything, even when disagreeing would play into Russian or Chinese efforts to discredit our democracy. We can disagree on domestic issues and on our approaches to international issues, but when we so reflexively oppose each other on issues of national defense, such as these balloons or the Ukraine war, we weaken our nation as a whole. Even Mitch McConnell, Mr "I'll do everything to oppose Obama", gets this as he calls for unity in opposing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
So the Chinese hoped the US reaction to these balloons would further divide our country. Reasonable hope and one that Putin has capitalized on in similar fashion by creating a provocation and counting on the US right to respond the opposite to the way the left would just because it's anathema to them to agree with the left on anything, even when disagreeing would play into Russian or Chinese efforts to discredit our democracy. We can disagree on domestic issues and on our approaches to international issues, but when we so reflexively oppose each other on issues of national defense, such as these balloons or the Ukraine war, we weaken our nation as a whole. Even Mitch McConnell, Mr "I'll do everything to oppose Obama", gets this as he calls for unity in opposing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.