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The Northerner

(5,040 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:15 PM Dec 2011

Has the Iran war begun?

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by pinto (a host of the General Discussion forum).

The U.S. government lost a spy drone over Iran. Is it part of an ongoing covert war?

Either Iranian forces shot it down or it fell out of the sky. We may never know which, but now the Obama administration wants it back. Iran says no.

This is not analogous to kids who accidentally throw a baseball into a neighbor’s yard and ask for it back. The U.S. has been making war sounds in Iran’s direction for years, and these belligerent noises have grown louder.

While there are grounds for believing the U.S. military does not want to attack Iran, which is far larger and more populous than Iraq and would require a long, bloody involvement throughout the region, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insist that “all options are on the table.”

Read more: http://www.connectsavannah.com/news/article/105414/

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Has the Iran war begun? (Original Post) The Northerner Dec 2011 OP
Iranians are saying they hacked it Hugabear Dec 2011 #1
Were we at war with the USSR when they shot down our U2 spy plane in 1960? Freddie Stubbs Dec 2011 #2
Kinda i guess. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #3
Yes, the "Cold War." KansDem Dec 2011 #6
It was always Iran by way of Iraq Catherina Dec 2011 #4
Will not happen. tabatha Dec 2011 #5
No. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #7
another libertarian view of foreign affairs spanone Dec 2011 #8
Locking this. Suggest that this be reposted in a more appropriate forum - Creative Speculation pinto Dec 2011 #9

Hugabear

(10,340 posts)
1. Iranians are saying they hacked it
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:17 PM
Dec 2011

Don't have the article handy, but they supposedly took advantage of a known security flaw with the GPS tracking program, and were able to trick the drone into thinking it was landing at its base in Afghanistan.

Freddie Stubbs

(29,853 posts)
2. Were we at war with the USSR when they shot down our U2 spy plane in 1960?
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:19 PM
Dec 2011

Muskypundit

(717 posts)
3. Kinda i guess.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:21 PM
Dec 2011

Lol...

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
6. Yes, the "Cold War."
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:34 PM
Dec 2011

We were so afraid the commies would take Vietnam, then all of SE Asia and Australia, and soon they'd be marching down MainStreetUSA.

Now we buy their products and services on MainStreetUSA.

Catherina

(35,568 posts)
4. It was always Iran by way of Iraq
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:26 PM
Dec 2011






The clock is ticking. What madness.

tabatha

(18,795 posts)
5. Will not happen.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:29 PM
Dec 2011

I don't know how many times this charge has been posted with no new information.

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)
7. No. (nt)
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:41 PM
Dec 2011

spanone

(141,846 posts)
8. another libertarian view of foreign affairs
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:44 PM
Dec 2011

bad writing too

pinto

(106,886 posts)
9. Locking this. Suggest that this be reposted in a more appropriate forum - Creative Speculation
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 06:06 PM
Dec 2011
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