China's dumb spy balloon lie undercuts Beijing's anti-American narrative

A salvage operation to recover China’s downed spy balloon sets the stage for a protracted diplomatic humiliation for the communist regime. “They've caught China red-handed,” the Heritage Foundation’s Michael Cunningham told the Washington Examiner. “They have what they need to literally tell the world, ‘Look, we just caught China in a huge lie.’” That rebuke offers more than just payback for President Joe Biden, who endured days of embarrassment as civilians from Montana to South Carolina watched the balloon make its slow course across American airspace. The tandem detection of...