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Re: US

Postby stan » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:28 pm

The US got the response they wanted from Iran.
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Re: US

Postby Booney » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:34 pm

stan wrote:The US got the response they wanted from Iran.


Exactly.
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Re: US

Postby Corona Man » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:35 pm

Yep, nothing like a small war to divert the public attention away from other issues.....
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Re: US

Postby Jimmy_041 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:46 pm

Sitting here eating lunch and googling stuff & came across this little known fact that :shock: me

According to historian Niall Ferguson: "of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 – more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387 BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10", making France the most successful military power in European history—in terms of number of fought and won.


It would appear that the cheese eating surrender monkeys aren't that bad after all

This is interesting: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 78988.html
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Re: US

Postby Jim05 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:16 pm

A Ukrainian airlines plane has crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran with 180 people on board.
The initial statement was “mechanical issues” but seems a huge coincidence and Jordanian news are saying that it was possibly shot down by accident from an Iranian missile
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Re: US

Postby Bum Crack » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:26 pm

Jim05 wrote:A Ukrainian airlines plane has crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran with 180 people on board.
The initial statement was “mechanical issues” but seems a huge coincidence and Jordanian news are saying that it was possibly shot down by accident from an Iranian missile

Well they're a bit silly then aren't they.
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Re: US

Postby Jimmy_041 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:55 pm

Iran says it has "concluded" its response to the killing of its general, indicating that it is hoping the U.S. will not respond to the recent attack


Just in case, Iran mobilises it’s people’s liberation airforce
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Re: US

Postby stan » Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:31 am

I'm not sure exactly why Iran would make such a public display against the US. If they haven't noticed the US are a bit crazy these days and seem to be looking for a fight.

They could always have just attach Israel via there connections as per normal.
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Re: US

Postby stan » Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:32 am

Jimmy_041 wrote:
Iran says it has "concluded" its response to the killing of its general, indicating that it is hoping the U.S. will not respond to the recent attack


Just in case, Iran mobilises it’s people’s liberation airforce
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All jokes aside, who antagonises the local giant nutcase and expects it to end well?
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The US are looking for this fight st the moment.

In saying that Iran have like the little kid and doing small things to push the world's buttons.
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Re: US

Postby Armchair expert » Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:52 am

stan wrote:I'm not sure exactly why Iran would make such a public display against the US. If they haven't noticed the US are a bit crazy these days and seem to be looking for a fight.

They could always have just attach Israel via there connections as per normal.


They threatened hezbollah will attack Israel if US responds to their lame attack on us miltary bases in Iraq.
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Re: US

Postby Booney » Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:06 am

Jim05 wrote:A Ukrainian airlines plane has crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran with 180 people on board.
The initial statement was “mechanical issues” but seems a huge coincidence and Jordanian news are saying that it was possibly shot down by accident from an Iranian missile


Confirmed by Canadian PM Trudeau this morning.

This is awful, absolutely awful, 176 innocent people taken from this planet because the ego of two men got dented.
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Re: US

Postby RB » Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:52 am

Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.
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Re: US

Postby Booney » Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:55 am

RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


Agreed, I think it was a victim of wrong place and wrong time, the reason for the missile being in the air remains the same. One fat orange **** with a tiny dick and massive ego.
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Re: US

Postby Dutchy » Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:37 am

RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


How does this happen accidently? We probably will never know but its staggering that an error like this is made.
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Re: US

Postby Jim05 » Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:51 am

Booney wrote:
RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


Agreed, I think it was a victim of wrong place and wrong time, the reason for the missile being in the air remains the same. One fat orange **** with a tiny dick and massive ego.

He is an idiot but this crap has been going on for centuries over there and it wouldn’t matter who the US President was. There will never be peace in the ME
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Re: US

Postby RB » Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:56 am

Dutchy wrote:
RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


How does this happen accidently? We probably will never know but its staggering that an error like this is made.
Agreed.

I've made the odd mistake at work, but AFAIK I've never accidentally blown up the wrong plane.

You'd think that a very high level of care would be taken before launching a missile.
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Re: US

Postby shoe boy » Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:06 pm

Dutchy wrote:
RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


How does this happen accidently? We probably will never know but its staggering that an error like this is made.


Just like 1988 Passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai with 290 passengers shot down by the US Vincennes over the straight of Harmuz .
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Re: US

Postby Booney » Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:11 pm

Dutchy wrote:
RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


How does this happen accidently? We probably will never know but its staggering that an error like this is made.


Surface to air missiles can be aimed at aircraft with tracking devices, the Iranian may have thought it was a US fighter coming to get them.
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Re: US

Postby whufc » Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:37 am

Booney wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


How does this happen accidently? We probably will never know but its staggering that an error like this is made.


Surface to air missiles can be aimed at aircraft with tracking devices, the Iranian may have thought it was a US fighter coming to get them.


Surely the bare minimum requirement for that technology is that it can clearly identify the difference between a passenger and fighter aircraft.
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Re: US

Postby Jim05 » Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:38 am

whufc wrote:
Booney wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
RB wrote:Highly unlikely the Persians did it deliberately given there were no Americans on board and over a hundred Iranians.

Perhaps they intended to hit something else.


How does this happen accidently? We probably will never know but its staggering that an error like this is made.


Surface to air missiles can be aimed at aircraft with tracking devices, the Iranian may have thought it was a US fighter coming to get them.


Surely the bare minimum requirement for that technology is that it can clearly identify the difference between a passenger and fighter aircraft.

Human error still comes into play
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