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Alamuti Lotus

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30. military spokesbots tend to deny absolutely anything if they think somebody will believe it

Reply to appleannie1 (Reply #26)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 09:33 PM

Dec 2012

It is an interesting routine: deny without knowing much about the case, feign outrage, smugly deny, criticize the very suggestion, deny, deny, deny, (some new story pops up), deny the new thing, quietly admit the old thing, deny, deny, feign outrage, deny, etc etc... it's a vicious cycle.

The whole "that's not our drone" excuse was worn out during the spike of murderous drone attacks over Pakistan and Yemen over the last year or two. Nobody really believes it anymore, but maybe it'll work if applied to a different situation?...doubtful. In other news, the dog really did eat my homework.

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Iran captures U.S. drone in its airspace-media [View all] dipsydoodle Dec 2012 OP

They have a right to capture anything that enters their air space. How arrogant we are sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #1

+1 Auggie Dec 2012 #2

We look like the "bad guys" to whom? Iran? msanthrope Dec 2012 #4

I don't see it as John2 Dec 2012 #7

"I'm going to put Israel on the spot." Go ahead, but I'm not engaging in your CT. nt msanthrope Dec 2012 #10

I disagree adamantly. Just who the sam hell is plethoro Dec 2012 #15

If Iranian surveliance ships even came close to American waters, Tehran would be getting bombed... Ash_F Dec 2012 #21

Didn't that incident take place in international waters though? octothorpe Dec 2012 #28

Me too, Sabrina, but I suspect it is plethoro Dec 2012 #16

I couldn't agree more with sabrina 1. How would ANY other governments react if rachel1 Dec 2012 #23

You assume that they arrogantly think theshould be allowed to fly their drones wherever without risk octothorpe Dec 2012 #27

How about we just stay out of other people's business and their countries? We have enough sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #29

Just so people know...this is a ScanEagle Drone... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #3

US Navy denies claim Bosonic Dec 2012 #5

Define "recently" Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #11

This is the 2nd one they've captured, right? Maybe this one's special... Blandocyte Dec 2012 #6

Scan Eagle is a commercially available drone first used by tuna fishermen hack89 Dec 2012 #13

Iranian TV shows off 'captured US ScanEagle drone' dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #8

The Iranian John2 Dec 2012 #9

Yeah, sophisticated survelliance tech Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #12

Scan Eagle is a commercially available drone first used by tuna fishermen hack89 Dec 2012 #14

this isnt sophisticated backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #18

why would they do that? backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #19

Poke, poke, poke. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #17

That one's a toy OnyxCollie Dec 2012 #20

"Intercepted" as in crash landed and was tripped over. marble falls Dec 2012 #22

Either way, they got it OnyxCollie Dec 2012 #24

Eh. I'm concerned about the armed drones killing folks all around the world, could you imagine... marble falls Dec 2012 #25

our Navy is denying it is one of ours. appleannie1 Dec 2012 #26

military spokesbots tend to deny absolutely anything if they think somebody will believe it Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #30