CNN analyst blames 'crossfire' on Iran shooting down airplane, gets pummeled on Twitter

I ripped Hennessey a new one on Twitter for trying to downplay the IG FISA report - got a ton of interactions for that one - even had a former DOJ numbskull try to claim there was no two-hop rule for FISA warrants even when I provided documentation for such with 702 searches tied to FISA warrants.

Hennessey is one of the worst Deep Staters in the media.

Geraldo was just on Fox & Friends.

He blames the airport and/or pilot of the passenger jet for taking off amid the Iranian launch of missiles toward US forces in Iraq. He suggests the pilot could have seen or known of the launch, but how?

Those ballistic missiles were not likely launched near the airport. Civilian communication is spotty in Iran, what with the regime frequently shutting down the internet & cell phone service to disrupt the many protests in country. How could the airport/pilot have known of the missile launch unless the military had given them fair warning? Obviously, no official warning had been given or planes would have been grounded.

More likely, the pilot/airport knew nothing of the missile launches, nor were they on any kind of alert status. Even more likely, when launching their missiles, the Iranians didn’t think of commercial aviation risks or just didn’t care, perhaps thinking the civilain plane might have a deadly encounter with US warplanes heading to Iran in retaliation.

Geraldo is a flaming idiot. That is not the only airliner that flew that day. In fact, their were many. The surviving family members of the pilots should visit Gerald and kick his ass, real good.

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