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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116721129088347687
"Sir! I do not understand our objectives. How does aimlessly hovering around within enemy attack range help the war effort, Sir?!"
'Frankly, that's above your paygrade soldier, but I can assure you it is vital to our mission! Now strap in and commence operation Specious Standard!'
Funny how the US shot at a civilian tanker (as he's claiming ceasefire victory) he brags about it. Then when one of the US military vehicles gets nicked the next day he throws a tantrum.
I have an idea how you can avoid getting your choppers shot down by Iran.
He really just wanted to wait until after the Knicks game.
IOF-linked reporter Barak Ravid says that the US helicopter was hit by an Iranian drone.
So fucking much to unpack here, the drone "got the helicopter to crash"? That's called shooting it down. and he's.... suggesting it could have been... accidental???
The thing you should know about Barak Ravid is that he served in IOF Unit 8200 at the age of 18. Unit 8200 is like Israel's version of US NSA. He reports the things that US/Israel wants you to think. He's employed by Axios.
We all know how much the US military loves to crash helicopters into other flying vehicles over bodies of water
I kinda think they do tho
Gotta keep Raytheon's stock up and if they're shot down by enemy forces then Line Goes Down
Maybe the drone politely convinced it to crash?
The drone won the debate in the marketplace of ideas 
speculation on a couple of military forums that the apache was tasked with shooting down a shahed but did so within the blast radius of the explosion, so the "great military" may have stepped on a rake with this one. i don't know if i believe it, but that could jibe with the tweet warning us pilots of "their own human error"
It was an unscheduled expedited landing incident
Trump rolls the world's worst ceasefire, declares war in frustration.
New press statement from Iran FM Araghchi.
https://xcancel.com/araghchi/status/2064410758587339035#m
I made it into a new post : https://hexbear.net/post/8726399
Great job Mr presindend
For my money it's just how certain I am that he's lying. It is unfathomable to me that anybody could be to blame for this besides America. The amount of spin this has to even give the impression that it's a complicated matter must make a tennis player blush.
People believed the US when it said that China was carrying out a genocide of millions of people and they were concerned about Muslims. Some people still do.