That Chinese Balloon Looks Different from Tehran
That Chinese Balloon Looks Different from Tehran Remember Iran's shootdowns of US spy drones under Obama and Trump? Kevin Barrett The $200 million Global Hawk that Iran shot down in 2019, enjoying its new home in the Tehran Aerospace Exposition Center (photo by J. Michael Springmann) Tehran, 1/6/23 Using a spotty Iranian internet connection, I have been casting a few bemused cyber-glances homeward as Americans panic over a Chinese spy balloon. Republicans call Biden weak because he let the balloon meander over America for a couple of days before terminating it off the coast of South Carolina. Democrats say Biden did well to down it into the ocean, capture its spy tech payload, and avoid endangering civilians. Here in Tehran, people are, as usual, simultaneously amused and appalled at America’s unique proprietary blend of arrogance and stupidity. How can the US feign outrage over China’s violation of its airspace with spy equipment, when the world’s worst violator of other nations’ ...