Also, props to Lemmy for handling this discussion, because the latency is way less than Reddit.
@zephyreks That means it wasn't able to collect data in part because of the countermeasures that contributed to preventing it from collecting data. If that was not the case, why wouldn't the BG have just said, "no it wouldn't have mattered because it wasn't trying to collect data."?
Because they needed to justify the hassle and spending they spent trying to prevent it from collecting? Do you think the US military budget grows on trees?
@zephyreks lol I can’t imagine the mental gymnastics you have to jump through to arrive at your worldview. For you to think that in that moment, while being questioned by a reporter about a Chinese balloon and the collection of data that his immediate thought was I need to justify the budget… It’s just astounding.
It's a press conference. Do you think you can make it to General without press training?
@zephyreks You're grasping at straws.... give it up.
What straws? You're the one grasping
@zephyreks How old are you, 12? You could have just said, I know you are but what am I?
Good to see you don't have an argument
@zephyreks Wouldn't matter if I did. You don't see reason.
Because you don't know what you're talking about?
@zephyreks No, because you'd just make up some kind of reason why a Brigadier General would lie or obfuscate the truth instead of following Occam's Razor and understanding that no more assumptions than necessary are reasonable to answer a question. You pulling some bullshit out of your ass about budgetary concerns is a step beyond Occam's razor. That's why I say you don't see reason. You're relying on hypotheticals to justify your position instead of the facts right in front of your face.
The facts are that the Brigadier General you love so much didn't even claim that the balloon is a spy balloon, so...
Yes, and what exactly do you think that means?
Also, props to Lemmy for handling this discussion, because the latency is way less than Reddit.
@zephyreks That means it wasn't able to collect data in part because of the countermeasures that contributed to preventing it from collecting data. If that was not the case, why wouldn't the BG have just said, "no it wouldn't have mattered because it wasn't trying to collect data."?
Because they needed to justify the hassle and spending they spent trying to prevent it from collecting? Do you think the US military budget grows on trees?
@zephyreks lol I can’t imagine the mental gymnastics you have to jump through to arrive at your worldview. For you to think that in that moment, while being questioned by a reporter about a Chinese balloon and the collection of data that his immediate thought was I need to justify the budget… It’s just astounding.
It's a press conference. Do you think you can make it to General without press training?
@zephyreks You're grasping at straws.... give it up.
What straws? You're the one grasping
@zephyreks How old are you, 12? You could have just said, I know you are but what am I?
Good to see you don't have an argument
@zephyreks Wouldn't matter if I did. You don't see reason.
Because you don't know what you're talking about?
@zephyreks No, because you'd just make up some kind of reason why a Brigadier General would lie or obfuscate the truth instead of following Occam's Razor and understanding that no more assumptions than necessary are reasonable to answer a question. You pulling some bullshit out of your ass about budgetary concerns is a step beyond Occam's razor. That's why I say you don't see reason. You're relying on hypotheticals to justify your position instead of the facts right in front of your face.
The facts are that the Brigadier General you love so much didn't even claim that the balloon is a spy balloon, so...