Posted on 06/09/2026 10:50:43 AM PDT by V_TWIN
President Trump confirmed Tuesday that Iran shot down the American Apache attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, vowing to respond to Tehran’s latest act of aggression.
“I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
“There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack,” he added.
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A “proportional response”
This is the equivalent of eating a taco 🌮 with no meat innit
Pathetic president
He’s just celebrating “Taco Tuesday.”
Thank you for the links.
My pleasure.
The Ayatollahs don’t care if you do that. They don’t care how much you hurt the ordinary Iranians
Nervous tick “Take out every mosque in Iran, during Friday prayers if possible”
You do realize that Iran is one of the most Islamic apathetic countries in the Muslim world and that the mosques are mostly empty, right?
Well, yes you would be killing the few (5% or 10%) that remain muslim, but then you have Shia from Pakistan, etc joining the fight. And sunnis too. Ibadis as well most probably
I don’t believe the nations you list would join the war.
Not the countries, the adherents: Shia from the subcontinent and Middle east would definitely take up weapons
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