NSC spox John Kirby fielded questions during Friday’s press briefing.
A reporter on Friday asked John Kirby if Brandon could do it all over again, would he use expensive missiles to take out benign objects.
Three objects were shot down last week – one over the Yukon in Canadian airspace and two over US airspace.
Brandon on Thursday said the three objects shot down by $400,000 sidewinders were likely weather balloons.
The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade told Politico it believes one of the balloons shot down was theirs.
The cost of that balloon: $10-$15.
Brandon likely used a $400,000 missile to shoot down a $10 balloon.
NEW — The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade tells POLITICO it believes one of the balloons shot down by the military was theirs.
* The cost of that balloon: $10-$15
* Cost of the missile to shoot it down: $400,000https://t.co/mcbodTDxjf
— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 17, 2023
However, Brandon allowed a China spy balloon to traverse across the continental US.
Brandon has never made a sound decision in his life.
“Knowing everything he knows now, would [Brandon] take the exact same steps and shoot off these expensive missiles at these benign objects?” Newsmax Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen asked Kirby.
Kirby refused to say.
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“Knowing everything [Brandon] knows now, would he take the exact same steps and shoot off these expensive missiles?”
NEWSMAX Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen [@JamesRosenTV] questions John Kirby.
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— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) February 17, 2023