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70sEraVet

(5,735 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 08:49 PM Jun 10

We only have trump's and hegseth's WORD that Iran downed the Apache helicopter?

According to US officials, Iran used a drone to launch the attack on the helicopter. But it is not clear whether the Iranian drone had deliberately attacked, an unnamed US official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that Iran had not claimed responsibility for the downed aircraft.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze9359gglyo

Oh, I know -- its 'unpatriotic' to question our government in times of war (or 'conflict', or 'skirmish' or whatever the hell this is. Its ALWAYS been unpatriotic to ask questions -- whether it was when President Polk insisted that Mexico attacked American soldiers on AMERICAN SOIL, or when a US Navy boat was under attack in Vietnam by a pair of DOLPHINS, or when Colin Powell declared to our allies that the US had proof that Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction!

While it has always been difficult to trust our government, this time it is MORE DIFFICULT THAN EVER!!

Note that apparently Iran has not claimed responsibility for downing that helicopter. I would think that they would be bragging about it if they had. I have no doubt that the airspace over Iran is littered with drones -- Iranian, Israeli and American!
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We only have trump's and hegseth's WORD that Iran downed the Apache helicopter? (Original Post) 70sEraVet Jun 10 OP
Malcom Nance on with Stephanie this AM- Boxerfan Jun 10 #1
Don't feel unpatriotic with this regime, All liars, grifters, thieves etc vapor2 Jun 10 #2

Boxerfan

(2,579 posts)
1. Malcom Nance on with Stephanie this AM-
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 10:17 PM
Jun 10

From memory so...

It was a real drone attack on the helicopter. But the drone intercepted the copter and entered it somehow. It did not blow up but they were thinking it would the whole time & ditched the helicopter asap. Took 2 hours for the unmanned boat / sub to pick them up.


Commander McBrag was meh... no biggie but Lindsey & Kegsbreath were all Burahh gotta attack so of course he did.

vapor2

(5,128 posts)
2. Don't feel unpatriotic with this regime, All liars, grifters, thieves etc
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 11:15 PM
Jun 10

47 can't even be transparent with his current mental/physical health. Every word is a lie so apparently the norm now

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