This afternoon Trump had a press conference where he said Iran made a mistake and "you'll see". This evening the New York Times says he called off a attack that had already started. This sounds like a movie script more than reality.
Posted on 06/20/2019 8:32:31 PM PDT by rdl6989
The operation was underway in its early stages when it was called off, a senior administration official said. Planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down, the official said.
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This afternoon Trump had a press conference where he said Iran made a mistake and "you'll see". This evening the New York Times says he called off a attack that had already started. This sounds like a movie script more than reality.
Here’s a clue: Trump will not disseminate war attack information via the NYT.
The operation was underway in its early stages when it was called off, a senior administration official said. Planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down, the official said.
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Another example of dem projection
I know it sounds wacky but POTUS made it clear this was not Iran but rather someone very stupid. I’ll get to the conspiracy line below.
But ask yourself who benefits if a war breaks out with Iran?
The Deep State, that’s who. Their money, their ties to hit squads, their access to advanced weaponry.
Don’t think for a minute there aren’t mercenaries in Turkey with close Iranian ties that can pull off a hit on a drone, especially one as advanced as this one was.
Next familiarize yourself with just how advanced and expensive this drone was. It’s not at all easy to shoot this down especially once you know how high it can fly, how maneuverable, its countermeasures.
So here’s the ‘conspiracy theory’ that aholes in the propaganda press will mock and ridicule:
POTUS knows there is an international network of mercenaries that will pull off hits if the price is right. Ask yourself where did NK get that advanced missile tech used to frighten the hell out of the Japanese? Who wants wars and why? Who benefits?
Right now the Obama-Clinton crime syndicates want a distraction, any distraction, and their paymasters will dole out whatever amount it takes to distract allowing their jokers in the media to seize the narrative and in so doing, delay the coming indictments stated unequivocally by Representative Mark Meadows to be coming this month.
And this conspiracy line goes further. Who was flying this drone? Our guys were. They knew what they were doing. Don’t you think they are capable of running a sting op? Don’t you know they are able to draw the dirty actors out and tag them? This was an op to take out the ‘blacksite’ in Iran and to connect the op to the blackhats who financed and ran the op. Our team set the trap and they (our adversaries) took the bait. Samething happened in NK before.
But the ‘conspiracy’ gets deeper. Look for a possible internet blackout to occur about one week give or take days from the 4th of July because that’s when it’s expected the SHTF with indictments. But POTUS has wisely had teams working the past two years to activate the national emergency broadband network to keep comms open.
We are in a war whether some of us refuse to believe it or not.
Lying a-holes. I hate these scumbags.
Rest of the story...ships are always in position...and planes are always in the air. We don’t operate in a potential war zone without some level of air cover 24/7. If we need to stand down then we pull back to a safe area and get coverage from other assets, like one carrier group will provide cover for the other, or local Air Force assets can cover a provide CAP for a carrier if, for example it is going through the sues canal and can’t perform flight ops.
So the statement we had planes in the air and ships on station is pretty meaningless by itself.
X22 Report tonight said the same thing.
whoa. the only thing weirder than the NYT story is this thread about the NYT story.
Not to some of the old thinking folks here who never met a war they didn’t like (and weren’t fighting).
As long as we us Navy and Air Force (if we MUST do something) to smash them as a warning, i guess that’s ok.
But last I checked they are the sworn enemies of Saudi Arabia and Israel.
There have been stranger bed fellows and they could take out Iran together.
They've been winning in IRaq, Syria and lebanon without resorting to this - this is a lose-lose scenario for them. Looks like a Saudi false-flag operation.
Collectively known as the Fourons.
Fake news, indeed.
The USA needs to respond, but not escalate to war. How about we fly some Trump baby balloons over the area and have Iran waste expensive SAM missiles firing at the balloons. Meanwhile, keep our soldiers safe. The USA can bankrupt the Iranians via other means.
No, it isn’t.
Oil is fungible. We are still hostage to the price of oil if something happens in the Middle East. The cost goes up for everyone, not just the other guy.
you put your military stike in, you pull your military strike out
you put your military stike in, and you shake it all about.
you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around
that’s what it’s all about
What a joke. This passes for journalism? It’s comedy night!
Ha ha...you have no way of knowing. Pure BS.
I agree on Bolton, don’t see eye to eye with him, don’t get where he is coming from.
not just a drone, this is a pattern for the last 10 years and Obama turned the other cheek. So now they are stepping up their defiance and we still do nothing.
Maybe when the lob a nuke warhead on an ICBM into Tel Aviv or europe we might do something. The three takers suck two weeks ago had two american customers lined up as soon as the oil was loaded.
One day e will have president who takes their threats seriously and deals an approbate serious smack down. The Iranian Navy is a good place to start. Sink them all.
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