China’s Spy Balloon Proves the U.S. Homeland Is Vulnerable

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’s heart Side of The Pentagon Make sure they are straight. 

The most important outcome of these terrible tragedies was a national consensus on what to do. Homeland security is important. Congress a>=”https://www.dhs.gov/creation-department-homeland-security#:~:text=With%20the%20passage%20of%20the,doors%20on%20March%201%2C%202003.”>established The Department of Homeland SecurityNot only as a federal agency to protect us, but also as the hub for a national enterprise to provide a coordinated response. Foreign threats Disasters.

The Department of Defense was established NORTHCOMThe, 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. 

Get Up in a Balloon

Biden’s Balloon follies demonstrate 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.

Homeland security was intended to better serve Americans. Instead, Joe Biden 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.

Once word about Xi’s hot-air overflight got out, the Administration’s 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’t responded appropriately. We’ve seen this before when they Afghanistan abandoned. Balloon-gate was no exception. 

There are two ways to read this. It is possible to use the following: Chinese spy balloon traversing The entire United States 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.

Biden floated a variety of explanations and excuses as To why the balloon was allowed To survey critical defense facilities from coast to coast—from “Blame Trump” to “Everything is under control,” to “I am really the hero here.” But the real reason for the Administration’s belated, muddled, and confused response is that Biden is trapped between He wants to normalize relations and have a good relationship with ChinaAmerican people who want him tough China We need your protection.  

Biden’s track record is long. Failure to be open about China’s threat. The White House continues to put its politics ahead of our security with the balloon fiasco.

The Border Threat

Biden isn’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=”https://www.heritage.org/immigration/report/the-case-impeachment-alejandro-nicholas-mayorkas-secretary-homeland-security”>considering Impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security. The administration’s malfeasance on the border is so egregious, Mark Morgan, former U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissionerThey have also attempted to reduce illegal border crossings in large numbers. “pardoning” Ignorable immigrants being waved through entry ports. While this is a political game, it does not secure the border. 

To send the FBI to investigate school boards Use the Department of Homeland Security as a way to unlock the doors to millions of people Unvetted immigrants, Biden has inverted the nation’s homeland security architecture to serve his purposes rather than our security.

Biden may think this is all just good politics, and he may be right—until 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—and 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’s enemies that America is open for monkey business.  

This irresponsible approach to homeland safety must be stopped. Biden is no doubt hoping that the worst that can happen won’t happen under his watch.

Hope is not a strategy. It is not enough for America. The world has become increasingly dangerous since 2001. It’s time for Biden to wise up and put national security before political calculations.

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Vice president of the Heritage Foundation James Jay Carafano directs the think tank’s research on matters of national security and foreign affairs. He is a 19FortyFive contributor editor. 

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