Posted on 09/05/2014 12:41:39 PM PDT by Velveeta
Edited on 09/05/2014 1:16:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A U.S. military charter aircraft flying from Afghanistan has been forced down in Iran by Iranian fighter jets, according to officials familiar with the incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ..
[Mod note: Title and story changed at link--Western military charter plane lands in Iran]
“Unless I’m wrong, and I’m never wrong...”
Zactly. But that was “Shirley”, I’m telling you, of the State Dept tag team of “LAVERNE & SHIRLEY”.
:) Rita
Keystone Kops are more Kredible than these Klowns running State...
Today has been unprecedented ... ‘Scramble’ order twice today and this was supposed to be a calm day. Pardon my French ... DAMN ... am going to shower, calm down, take a headache tablet ... Heads Up U.S. Military ... Heads Up
But S&P500 all-time high. Everything’s great! /sarc
Iocane...
But S&P500 all-time high. Everythings great!
Those two girls are a sitcom on over promotion.
That’s the Obama style. Surround with incompetents and ignorance and the dope doesn’t stand out so much?
Yeah don’t ya hate it when your just flying around and suddenly you just happen to end up in IRAN..Im not buying it either..gee I wonder how many Gitmo scum Obama will release to get these people back
Feel better!
flight plan error
Are you kidding me .. our military cant even file a correct flight plan .. Im not buying that ..!!!!”
Military charter flights are usually on civilian aircraft with civilian pilots. Lowest bid and all that.
Okay .. so now we have more than incompetence .. it’s gone of the scales .. to GROSS-incompetence.
I know exactly how that feels.
I suspect they had to keep a lid on until the stock market closed...
Governments put out bad news late Friday and early Saturday when people are busy with sports and shopping.
Last Saturday in New Zealand a cabinet minister’s resignation was announced in the morning with the PM holding a news conference as the Saturday sports activities got underway.
Who was on the plane and what was the plane carrying?
Did anyone get a capture of the video?
That shows you how far we have come,, uhhh
They could have shot the plane down just to be mean.
Now if we could just get them to stop beheading and executing people thru their intermediaries and syncophants.
The Iranian air installation at Bandar Abbas should have been obliterated by now. The Pygmy in the White House has no balls.
Nice point!
Hmmmm ..?? That’s not encouraging ..!!!
This could have been much worse than it apparently is.
Remember, on July 3, 1988, an Iranian airliner carrying 290 passengers, 66 of which were children, was shot down in the Persian Gulf by the USS Vincennes.
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