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Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter over Hormuz, vows to respond (www.aljazeera.com)

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President Donald Trump has accused Iran of shooting down a United States military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, saying that he will respond to the attack.

“I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.

“There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”

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[–] Exeous@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

highly sophisticated Apache

If sophisticated, how shot down?

[–] NightTitan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

A flashlight is sophisticated to trump.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

This, ladies and gentlemen, is called “expert negotiation”

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

So fuckin dumb, it really sounds like they're trying to avoid saying the helicopter was over water which is an incredibly dumb place for an apache to be let alone patrolling.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

So I guess the 80% of the military that he's destroyed was not the helicopter shooting part?

[–] NightTitan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Still 2 weeks from over?

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 4 points 13 hours ago

Is the fury not epic enough yet?