{"id":1842346,"date":"2023-02-10T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842346"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:10:11","slug":"chinas-spy-balloon-proves-the-u-s-homeland-is-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-spy-balloon-proves-the-u-s-homeland-is-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Spy Balloon Proves the U.S. Homeland Is Vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinas-spy-balloon-proves-the-u-s-homeland-is-vulnerable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F-22-2-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The majority of Americans believed that they were secure from foreign attack before the attacks on September 11, 2001. The problems with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/09\/i-watched-the-first-tower-fall-on-9-11-from-just-blocks-away-i-couldnt-hear-myself-scream\/\">New York City&#8217;s heart<\/a> Side of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/archives\/digital-exhibits-highlights\/photo-galleries-9-11\/pentagon-attack.html\">The Pentagon<\/a> Make sure they are straight.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The most important outcome of these terrible tragedies was a national consensus on what to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2021\/09\/will-america-ever-learn-the-real-lesson-of-9-11\/\">Homeland security is important<\/a>. Congress a>=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/creation-department-homeland-security#:~:text=With%20the%20passage%20of%20the,doors%20on%20March%201%2C%202003.&#8221;>established The Department of Homeland Security<\/a>Not only as a federal agency to protect us, but also as the hub for a national enterprise to provide a coordinated response. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/publications-library\/national-terrorism-advisory-system\">Foreign threats<\/a> Disasters.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense was established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcom.mil\/About\/\">NORTHCOM<\/a>The, a national military command that is dedicated to the defense of the homeland and providing military support to civilian authorities in domestic disasters and domestic response. These were extraordinary institutions with the mission to safeguard the safety, prosperity and freedoms American citizens in peacetime as well as during wartime.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<h2>Get Up in a Balloon<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/06\/bidens-balloon-bs-insults-americans-intelligence-and-endangers-us\/\">Biden\u2019s Balloon follies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/02\/chinas-spy-balloon-drama-what-history-says-will-happen-next\/\">demonstrate<\/a> How far has our government strayed from the noble vision that limited government provides the essential service we expect from government: the provision of common defense.\n<\/p>\n<p>Homeland security was intended to better serve Americans. Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/02\/dear-joe-biden-please-dont-run-for-president\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> he has used the centralization of authority to place politics above the people, just like all other instruments of government, from the IRS to CDC.\n<\/p>\n<p>Once word about Xi\u2019s hot-air overflight got out, the Administration\u2019s initial reaction was to obsess over the politics of the problem. Instead of addressing the issue directly and openly, they dodged the problem and tried to hide the fact that they hadn&#8217;t responded appropriately. We\u2019ve seen this before when they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/james-jay-carafano-bidens-afghanistan-disaster-shows-hes-more-bystander-than-world-leader-in-over-his-head\">Afghanistan abandoned<\/a>. Balloon-gate was no exception.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to read this. It is possible to use the following: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/02\/that-downed-chinese-balloon-wasnt-exactly-for-spying-it-was-a-trial-balloon\/\">Chinese spy balloon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/29242\/chinese-balloon-flight-path\/\">traversing The entire United States<\/a> It is illegal and clear violation of American airspace. This is an excellent example of the type of threat that homeland security measures post-9\/11 were intended to stop.\n<\/p>\n<p>Biden floated a variety of explanations and excuses as To why the balloon was allowed To survey critical defense facilities from coast to coast\u2014from \u201cBlame Trump\u201d to \u201cEverything is under control,\u201d to \u201cI am really the hero here.\u201d But the real reason for the Administration\u2019s belated, muddled, and confused response is that Biden is trapped between <a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/jamesjaycarafano\/p\/it-is-balloon?r=1o7ccy&#038;utm_campaign=post&#038;utm_medium=web\">He wants to normalize relations and have a good relationship with China<\/a>American people who want him tough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/02\/did-chinas-j-20-stealth-fighter-fly-over-taiwan\/\">China<\/a> We need your protection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s track record is long. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/5-china-intelligence-failures-dangerous-chinese-spy-balloon\">Failure to be open about China&#8217;s threat<\/a>. The White House continues to put its politics ahead of our security with the balloon fiasco.\n<\/p>\n<h2>The Border Threat<\/h2>\n<p>Biden isn&#8217;t just playing loose with our safety because of the China threat. The border security crisis has become so disastrous that Congress is now a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/immigration\/report\/the-case-impeachment-alejandro-nicholas-mayorkas-secretary-homeland-security&#8221;>considering Impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security<\/a>. The administration\u2019s malfeasance on the border is so egregious, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/biden-and-mayorkass-dishonest-border-security-shell-game\">Mark Morgan, former U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner<\/a>They have also attempted to reduce illegal border crossings in large numbers. \u201cpardoning\u201d Ignorable immigrants being waved through entry ports. While this is a political game, it does not secure the border.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>To send the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifs.org\/blog\/fbi-targets-outspoken-parents-school-boards-silence-them\/\">FBI to investigate school boards<\/a> Use the Department of Homeland Security as a way to unlock the doors to millions of people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/sep\/7\/inspector-general-says-dhs-allowed-unvetted-danger\/\">Unvetted immigrants<\/a>, Biden has inverted the nation\u2019s homeland security architecture to serve his purposes rather than our security.<\/p>\n<p>Biden may think this is all just good politics, and he may be right\u2014until the next 9\/11. The reason Americans took homeland security seriously after the Sept. 11 attacks is because they recognized there were foreign enemies intent on killing us in our own communities\u2014and we were acting like fat and happy sitting ducks. The sorry state of our border security and the balloon overflight are global advertising to America\u2019s enemies that America is open for monkey business.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>This irresponsible approach to homeland safety must be stopped. Biden is no doubt hoping that the worst that can happen won\u2019t happen under his watch.\n<\/p>\n<p>Hope is not a strategy. It is not enough for America. The world has become increasingly dangerous since 2001. It\u2019s time for Biden to wise up and put national security before political calculations.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/ukraine-needs-leopard-2-and-m1-abrams-tanks-fast\/\"> Ukraine Will Need M1 Abrams Tanks Right Now, But It Will Have To Wait<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/joe-biden-wont-send-f-16-fighters-to-ukraine-to-battle-putin\/\"> Joe Biden Won\u2019t Send F-16 Fighters to Ukraine<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/how-the-f-16-fighter-could-transform-the-ukraine-war\/\"> Putin Should Fear The F-16 Fighter<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/02\/donald-trumps-biggest-flaw-is-so-easy-to-spot\/\"> Why Donald Trump Can\u2019t Win in 2024<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Vice president of the Heritage Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/staff\/james-carafano\">James Jay Carafano<\/a> directs the think tank\u2019s research on matters of national security and foreign affairs. He is a 19FortyFive contributor editor.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of Americans believed that they were secure from foreign attack before the attacks on September 11, 2001. The problems with the New York City&#8217;s heart Side of The Pentagon Make sure they are straight.\u00a0 The most important outcome of these terrible tragedies was a national consensus on what to do. 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