Three Shoot Downs

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(01-10-2020, 03:56 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(01-10-2020, 09:27 AM)Skabungus Wrote: The minute I heard a civilian jet dropped out of the air in Iran in the midst of the missile attack on American bases I assumed it was a jumpy Iranian SAM battery suspecting what they should naturally expect in such a scenario: American jets coming to bomb Iranian targets.  I didn't entertain other possibilities like American jets actually penetrating Iranian airspace to take out Iranian planes, or ISIS or other non-state actors trying to capitalize on the situation.  

It seems pretty simple.  I've never been in the military, or had any experience in a shooting war, but I've done a lot of crisis scenario simulations and emergency response simulations, and played a good amount of paintball.  In all cases jumpy actors are common, even with extensive training to prevent such mistakes.  Friendly fire and targeting mistakes remain common problems.

This would not have happened if Trump has not assassinated General Soleilmani. Iran is to blame too for not restricting air travel in such a dangerous time. It's a very sad thing.

The dude wouldn't be dead if he had not spent a decade waging a covert war against American troops/ American interests in Iraq. You don't think 600 American soldiers dead and many more wounded ( The most recent attack killed one American contractor/civilian and wounded three American soldiers) are enough to justify his removal. Well, if death by a thousand cuts is the game they want to play then lets keep playing it like we've been playing it for less than a couple years now. Yes, its unfortunate that Russia sold them the automatic (unmanned) missile guidance system and the mobile launchers and the missiles that most likely shot down the plane. Yes, it's not wise to authorize take off while those missile systems are turned on/active. So, why are liberals so prone to using Iranian propaganda and parroting Iranian terms like assassination and releasing false Iranian information stating that 30 Americans were killed by the counter attack to the American public. Dude, I can be your political competition, your social adversary or your mortal enemy if you and your liberal ilk want to be dumb enough to go there. The choice is yours and I don't really care which one you choose either.