(09-17-2023 10:47 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(09-17-2023 09:15 PM)RuckleSt Wrote:  

(09-17-2023 08:52 PM)Todor Wrote:  “Now, seven months later, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells "CBS News Sunday Morning" the balloon wasn't spying. "The intelligence community, their assessment – and it's a high-confidence assessment – [is] that there was no intelligence collection by that balloon," he said.“

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bizarre...y-balloon/

So which is it? Does anyone actually know anything? Or do we just live in a world of media hype, contradictory statements and confusion?

So they were just floating a balloon over our country for fun??? These people think we are stupid.

Not just "floating a balloon" but steering it in a zig-zag route to make it cross over several strategic military installations.

... and key electrical infrastructure transmission interconnects. And a few major pipeline pumping stations.