Posted on 06/20/2017 9:27:35 AM PDT by Strac6
Few details. Video at link with what is known.
This s**t is going to spin out of control. Russian A/C buzzed USAF A/C today.
Yawn. Pay no attention to the Putinist gaslighting. I expect any day now they will threaten nuclear war again. The old KGB psywar playbook. Nothing to get excited about. It’s all they’ve got.
This happened quite a while ago. Screw Iran. Calm down.
Yes, Russians is Syria were accidentally bombed by American fighter jet....................
Yeah, that Trump is a ruskie spy alright!
The actions of our military at this point are all but wholly separate from the interests of the American people.
Somebody is TRYING to start WW3 and I am not even slightly happy about it.
A former KGB officer willing to kill his own political proponents in his own country has no problem with killing a few Americans if sufficiently provoked... and then what do we do?
Alas Babylon?
We were forced to take this action. It was threatening our moderate sunni jihadis.
The CIA and DOD know what is best for America.
Searching for my “oh noes” gif. Be back soon.
lots of info...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/20/breaking-us-shoots-down-iranian-drone-in-syria.html
My friend with the internet today is a long time ago.
Woah there. Putin has pro-assad Syria’s back, to some degree. But this is Iran. The brinkmanship isn’t to the same level there, n’est pas?
Concern #1 — President Trump is a pawn of Putin
Concern #2 — President Trump is angering Russia and leading us into a war
Concern #3 — Russia! Russia! Russia!
Do we know of a Russian fighter buzzing an American fighter plane?
A U.S. aircraft shot down an armed Iranian drone advancing on coalition forces in southern Syria on Tuesday, Fox News confirmed.
The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot down by a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle about 12:30 a.m. after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on Coalition forces. This is the second the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in less than a month.
The coalition forces were manning an established combat outpost to the northeast of At Tanf where they are training and advising partner ground forces in the fight against ISIS. This is the same location where another pro-regime UAV dropped munitions near Coalition forces before it was shot down on June 8.
The F-15E intercepted the armed UAV after it was observed advancing on the coalition position. The armed UAV was shot down when it continued to advance on the coalition’s position without diverting its course.
The coalition has made it clear to all parties publicly and through the deconfliction line with Russian forces that the demonstrated hostile intent and actions of pro-regime forces toward coalition and partner forces in Syria conducting legitimate counter-ISIS operations will not be tolerated.
There is a deconfliction mechanism in place with Russian forces to reduce uncertainty in this highly contested space and mitigate the chances of strategic miscalculation. Given recent events, the coalition will not allow pro-regime aircraft to threaten or approach in close proximity to Coalition and partnered forces.
The coalition presence in Syria addresses the imminent threat ISIS in Syria poses globally. It does not seek to fight Syrian regime, Russian, or pro-regime forces partnered with them, but will not hesitate to defend Coalition or partner forces from any threat. The coalition calls on all parties to focus their efforts on the defeat of ISIS, which is our common enemy and the greatest threat to regional and worldwide peace and security.
Tuesday’s incident also marks the fifth time since late May that the U.S. military has bombed pro-Syrian forces in southern Syria.
On Sunday, a U.S. F-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet near the town Tabqa for the first time, U.S.-led coalition headquarters in Iraq said in a statement. The Syrian government SU-22 dropped bombs near the Syrian Democratic Forces.
So Russia hasn’t been fighting ISIS, but it is allied with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the terrorist Hezbollah. Why do some think Putin is the good guy?
Nobody is going to start World War 3 by shooting down a friggin Iranian drone. The Only Thing Worth doing in the Middle East at this point is beating Iran. And safeguarding Israel of course.
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