I saw a photo - he looked like a decent person. However, his cause is bad - an agent of evil
I saw a photo - he looked like a decent person. However, his cause is bad - an agent of evil
Seems many American's are already seeing this as a chance to make another war hero movie.
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aka. Trump Derangement Denial
A great photo op with the Donald will follow to delight those with TDS
From the NYT
On the ground in Iran, the downed officer’s mission boiled down to two words: evasion and survival. Surrounded by potential enemies, he hiked up a 7,000-foot ridgeline and wedged himself into a crevice where he hoped he would be safe until American forces found him, U.S. military officials said.
Iran had launched several search parties, one of which had assembled at the base of the mountain where the weapons officer was hiding. For the Iranians, the downed Air Force colonel was a powerful asset they could use as leverage in high-stakes negotiations with the United States.
For the U.S. military, which lives by the mantra of “no man left behind,” finding the downed officer was a moral imperative.
Battered by the force from his ejection, the weapons officer waited. He knew that both U.S. and Iranian forces were racing to find him.
At its campus in Langley, Va., the C.I.A. was developing a deception plan to buy the U.S. military and the airman some time. They spread word in Iran that the airman had been found and was being moved out of the country in a ground convoy. The hope was that the Iranians would shift their search from the place where the airman was thought to be and focus instead on the roads out of the region.
A U.S. military official said it took hours to get the weapons officer’s location and determine that it was him. Military officials were assisted by the C.I.A., which used a special piece of technology unique to the agency to locate the airman hiding in the mountain crevice and confirm his identity. U.S. and Israeli officials gathered intelligence to determine if the airman was alone, surrounded by Iranians or had been captured.
Once they determined the airman was alone, senior military officials waited until dark to launch a rescue mission. Special Operations helicopters, loaded with commandos, raced to the remote mountain site where he was waiting.
As the commandos landed on the objective, U.S. and Israeli warplanes dropped bombs whose bright orange blasts lit up the silhouettes of the surrounding mountains. From his hiding place, the weapons officer alerted his rescuers to the areas they should target for strikes, where he could see Iranians advancing, one senior military official said. The commandos fired their weapons ferociously to keep any Iranians in the area from advancing toward them.
But they did not engage in a firefight with enemy forces. U.S. officials described the territory where the airman was hiding as strongly opposed to the Iranian regime and said it was unclear how close Iranian forces ever got to the site.
He was rushed to a helicopter that whisked him off to a sandy, austere airstrip inside Iran that Special Operations forces had previously developed for possible rescues or other contingencies.
The plan was to immediately load the airman and the rescue force onto two C-130 aircraft that were supposed to carry them out of danger to an airfield in Kuwait. But, in a final twist, the nose gear of at least one, and possibly both, of those planes got stuck in the sandy dirt at the airstrip, military officials said.
Hours passed. Efforts to free the stuck wheels failed, so the commandos called in three replacement aircraft.
Officials in the Pentagon and at Central Command waited anxiously. The success of a dangerous mission, which had seemed nearly complete, was suddenly once again uncertain.
Eventually the commandos and the injured weapons system operator were reloaded onto three newly arrived replacement aircraft. After the rescue team left, American warplanes bombed the two disabled planes and four MH-6 Special Operations helicopters rather than let them fall into Iranian hands.
As the sun was rising, the three planes launched in succession from the remote airstrip. The plane carrying the rescued airman went first followed by the others.
Definitely a movie
I wonder if the movie will show that the operation cost them an F1-Strike Eagle jet worth $100m, two Lockheed Martin C-130 cargo planes worth $100m each, at least 3 MQ-9 Reaper drones worth $50m each, an A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) worth $20m and at least two (probably three) MH-6 helicopters each worth $7.5m . . . or if it will just gloss over those small details?
I'm not saying a single life isn't worth all that . . . unless of course it's just 140 Iranian schoolgirls. That doesn't even warrant an apology, let alone dollars.
That’s the strength of America, it has optimism. The little men in suits would never have had the guts to blow up those planes or to put all the chips on the table to rescue one man. They would have pondered painfully over the risks of an embarrassing failure.
But the rescue worked and sent a jolt of pride through the whole US military and the country. Another great chapter in the history which will inspire the troops for years to come.
I see, so one man saved means the US can be proud and forget about the 140 schoolgirls they killed and still won't admit . . . not to mention all the other destruction, loss of life and economic recession this incredibly stupid and short-sighted war has caused?
Once again, the destruction of the school was very tragic. I will personally contribute to any fund that is established to honor them. And that fund will be established. So will a full accounting of any mistakes, be made.
There are many possible views of the need for this war. The one described by the WSJ in the string on Korea is the one I believe
I wonder how that investigation is going? It's been a month now and still nothing.
The "need" for this war is nothing to do with North Korea. It's got to do with whatever dirt Bibi had on Bozo. We may never know what it is but it is the reason.
Disagree ….read the article.
Unconfirmed reports suggest Iranian people provided no support for this search…..200 miles into Iranian territory. Which make some sense, with local support the Iranians should have been able to find this man.
"Unconfirmed reports suggest Iranian people provided no support for this search . . ."
So the Iranians didn't care and the US weren't contested in their search for the $500m guy?
Hmmm . . . makes me wonder if this was the big deal Bozo is making it out to be and if a movie about this rescue is really worth it . . .
Nope the Iranian military cared very much, enough to offer rewards.
SB
Now let mee expain something to SB - the most stupid Muslim supporter on sote. When I tried to get into the site you quoted I got following message:-
Explain please.
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Thank God the airman is safe...worth every cent..and then some...
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….deep in the mountains of Iran. Good feel moment and a testament to skill and resolve.