Knowing when to shoot and when to hold off There was a lot of hysteria over the Chinese balloon and a lot of, excuse the pun, hot air positioning by macho politicians who said we ought to have shot it down sooner than we did. President Biden got the blame, of course. He wanted to shoot it down sooner but his military generals convinced him to wait until it got over the Atlantic to make sure no one below was hurt. The military is often portrayed as trigger-happy but they were prudent in this. The balloon was said to be...

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