{"id":156475,"date":"2023-02-05T17:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=156475"},"modified":"2023-02-05T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:53:44","slug":"absurd-chinese-spy-balloon-psyop-who-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=156475","title":{"rendered":"

ABSURD CHINESE ‘SPY BALLOON PSYOP—Who & Why?<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Previous constant headlines of the Ukraine-Russia war were put on pause Friday into Saturday as the American public’s attention and discourse got temporarily consumed by the bizarre Chinese ‘spy balloon’ saga, which grew more dramatic by the hour until it was shot down by the Pentagon over the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

But few are currently asking the necessary deeper questions related to the timing. Given the last major balloon crisis to take over 24\/7 network news coverage ended up being a complete hoax (remember the\u00a0“balloon boy” stunt of 2009<\/a>\u00a0which had the world breathless and on edge for a full news cycle?), the current context to the Chinese balloon story and the\u00a0question of\u00a0cui bono\u00a0<\/em>is worth a deeper dive<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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Entrepreneur and geopolitical commentator\u00a0Arnaud Bertrand, who as a Westerner has spent many years living in China and frequently attempts to correct the often misleading analysis of mainstream press reports, offers an ‘alternative view’ of what’s fast unfolding below [emphasis ZH’s)…<\/p>\n

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“I took a bit of time to dissect the \u201cspy balloon\u201d story – both how it is portrayed in the US and China\u2019s response,” Bertrand begins a lengthy thread. As you’ll see, the more you think about it, the more stunned you get at the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.”<\/p>\n