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CNN analyst blames 'crossfire' on Iran shooting down airplane, gets pummeled on Twitter
Fox News ^ | January 9 2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 01/09/2020 11:02:55 PM PST by knighthawk

A CNN analyst claimed on Thursday that "crossfire of reckless escalation" resulted in Iran firing a missile at an airplane, leading to the death of 176 people.

The Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s international airport Wednesday was shot down by mistake by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, Pentagon officials told Fox News.

Officials said U.S. intelligence increasingly points at the airliner being accidentally struck by a Russian-made missile, killing all those on board the flight, just hours after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting two military bases housing American and coalition troops.

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To: Billthedrill

The real story is who decided the word “crossfire” should be used here, and what precisely was the mechanism by which they communicated this to all those media flacks?


21 posted on 01/10/2020 1:45:02 AM PST by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: knighthawk
These bastards will do anything to change the narrative.

Apologies not accepted, YOU ARE FIRED

22 posted on 01/10/2020 1:49:42 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: knighthawk

Perhaps it’s time to ask the question...

Who was on this flight?


23 posted on 01/10/2020 2:09:38 AM PST by jimjohn (2020: The year the Republicans can and should take back the black vote.)
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To: Mark17; justa-hairyape
As someone else posted, why allow passenger planes to take off within a few hours of launching a missile barrage on a neighboring country ?

Maybe it was not a mistake at all? We might never know for sure.

This was no mistake. 130+ passengers headed to Canada -- most likely Iranian expats naturalized Canadian living in Toronto or Montreal on vacation in Iran to see their families for the Holidays. Shooting that plane down was one way of the Iranian regime to say: "F.U. Canada, US, Trump, Trudeau, Western Civilization". Those passengers might as well have been all American.

24 posted on 01/10/2020 2:30:19 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: knighthawk

I really don’t know who is more pathetic. Them or the people who listen to them for their “news”.


25 posted on 01/10/2020 2:47:59 AM PST by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: Mark17

I’m not sure it was a mistake, either. That plane STARTED the flight very nearby from where it was shot down. Also it would have had navigation lights and a beacon on, something a hostile aircraft would not.


26 posted on 01/10/2020 2:52:19 AM PST by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: knighthawk

We don’t know if it was an accident.


27 posted on 01/10/2020 3:15:58 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Billthedrill
CNN, NBC, and Atlantic all took up the magic word "crossfire", shortly after they all chimed in with the magic word "off-ramp"

The CIA might not refer to it's media control that was exposed decades ago as "Mockingbird" anymore, but for all intents and purposes, it is still large and in charge. Hence: MSM = Mockingbird State Media

28 posted on 01/10/2020 3:43:43 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: jimjohn

Who was on this flight? <<

One of the 1st things I thought of when I heard about it...


29 posted on 01/10/2020 4:02:40 AM PST by M-cubed
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To: Mark17

“Maybe it was not a mistake at all?”

My first thought (remembering Ron Brown). We’re any imam, nuclear tech, Burisma or Naftogaz folks on it?


30 posted on 01/10/2020 4:04:01 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: knighthawk

I’m still not convinced of the “accidental” aspect of this. I don’t believe in coincidences and when Iran invokes #IR655 two days before the same thing happens again I start to believe this is enemy action. Intentional action designed for this exact response. No one will blame Iran and everyone will blame Trump.


31 posted on 01/10/2020 4:22:18 AM PST by 3RIVRS
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To: Mark17
Maybe it was not a mistake at all? We might never know for sure.

not until you see the passenger list

32 posted on 01/10/2020 4:26:28 AM PST by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: thoughtomator

“ The real story is who decided the word “crossfire” should be used here, and what precisely was the mechanism by which they communicated this to all those media flacks?”

Agreed. I’m waiting for someone in the alternative media to do a deep dive on the mainstream press to find out who’s pulling the strings. I don’t mean just naming companies, we know Comcast, ATT etc. I mean naming people at the top of these organizations specifically. It may have been done, but I haven’t seen it. I’ve always believed that the media narrative is controlled by less than ten individuals. Maybe less than five. I also believe it’s the number one issue in our country. If our collective media was halfway objective, Trumps approval rating would be 70% or more.


33 posted on 01/10/2020 4:27:20 AM PST by TheRake
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To: cpdiii

“It is normal for SAM installations to track all aircraft. It is just part of training. I suspect an idiot launched a missile in error. If not in error I am puzzled by this action.”

Agree. Most of us are never in a situation where we’re manning something like a SAM and told to be ready for an attack. To be in that position requires a lot more than an instruction manual and a week of training. Being in a combat setting is nothing to sneeze at - things start to blur and confusing reigns...which is why that head-shot at the church was so amazing!

Anyway, what you need are simulations, and more simulations, and tons of training, including recurrent training. If you don’t have it and you see a target, you get jumpy...and then you can easily fire on your own people, as happened here. Back in 1982, Syria had a bunch of Soviet SAMs in Lebanon. Israel attacked. When Syrians operated the SAMs, Israel did fine, taking them out. But then the SAMs were manned by Russians and Israel started losing planes. Same missiles...different operators.

(and no, I’ve never been in combat, but something tells me I’m close to describing it here)


34 posted on 01/10/2020 4:46:42 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't don't tell anyone.)
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To: cpdiii

I suspect an idiot launched a missile in error. If not in error I am puzzled by this action.


It was two missiles. I suspect the Iranians do not train often on their expensive military equipment. Too easy to break stuff during training.


35 posted on 01/10/2020 4:50:42 AM PST by lodi90
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To: calenel

Very interesting theory.


36 posted on 01/10/2020 5:09:04 AM PST by OLDCU
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To: jimjohn

Jefferey Epstein...


37 posted on 01/10/2020 5:10:05 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: Billthedrill

The successor to Journ-O-List. Whatever they’re calling it now.

JournoList (sometimes referred to as the J-List) was a private Google Groups forum for discussing politics and the news media with 400 “left-leaning” journalists, academics and others. Ezra Klein created the online forum in February 2007 while blogging at The American Prospect and shut it down on June 25, 2010 amid wider public exposure.


38 posted on 01/10/2020 5:19:11 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: knighthawk

Why in the Hell are our news media and politicians defending a terrorist nation in a terrorist act, and why the Hell are we tolerating this crap for even one second?


39 posted on 01/10/2020 5:30:55 AM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: knighthawk

While the MSM and reporting news agencies reporting such incidents knowingly avoid referencing the religious aspect of these conflicts. Portray the conflicts going on between entities in the area as territorial when they are actually sectarian based on enforcing absolute conformity to a theocracy. Which orders followers to adhere to Koranic laws that go unquestioned by leading mono theistic leaders like Pope Francis obey what they claim are Our Creator’s orders which has them authorized by God to execute unbelievers including those fleeing the area they control.


40 posted on 01/10/2020 6:03:02 AM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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