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Iran says it's 'completely ready for war' after US official confirms it shot down American drone
In a major provocation, Iran shot down an unarmed and unmanned U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone while it was flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, a U.S. official told ABC News.
The incident is sure to trigger serious discussions within the Trump administration about how to respond to a direct attack on a U.S. military asset that goes beyond recent attacks in the Middle East that the U.S. has blamed on Iran.
Gulf crisis: US confirms drone was shot down by Iranian missile
A US military surveillance drone has been shot down by Iranian forces while flying over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the drone had violated Iranian airspace. But US military said it had been over international waters. IRGC commander-in-chief Maj-Gen Hossein Salami said the downing of the drone sent a "clear message to America" that Iran's borders were its "red line".
It comes at a time of escalating tension between the US and Iran. On Monday, the US defence department said it was deploying 1,000 extra troops to the region in response to "hostile behaviour" by Iranian forces. The US has also accused Iran of attacking two oil tankers with mines last Thursday just outside the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf of Oman. Iran rejects the allegation.
Previously: Two Oil Tankers Attacked, US Blames Iran
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Thursday June 20 2019, @04:40PM (7 children)
I heard that one way back in 1991, during the fall of the Soviet Union. A religious fanatic relative of mine prophecied (or more like parroted) that Gorby would reemerge as absolute ruler of the Soviet Union, and then invade Israel. Why? Because the birth mark on Gorbachev's forehead is the Mark of Evil, it's the End Times, and an attack on the Holy Land that results in nuclear war is how Armageddon would come about.
It's scary how many people there are who think like that. They're not hitting on all cylinders. Of all the diseases that need curing, I wonder if gross stupidity, mental issues, and brain damage ought to be made the top priority, lest those kind of people ever gain control of a large nuclear arsenal...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @05:04PM (2 children)
You only say stuff like that because you're jealous AOC is prettier than you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @04:59AM (1 child)
To be fair, she's prettier than you too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @05:04PM
AOC, young, pretty... It's a wonder Trump hasn't proposed to her.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Fnord666 on Thursday June 20 2019, @05:21PM (1 child)
Too late.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @10:26PM
Always has been, always will be.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @06:17PM (1 child)
They're not hitting on all cylinders. Of all the diseases that need curing, I wonder if gross stupidity, mental issues, and brain damage ought to be made the top priority, lest those kind of people ever gain control of a large nuclear arsenal...
Very hard to do when we give a free pass to the most virulent form of mental illness there is: Religion. Wildly contagious, destroys all critical thought, stokes feels of mistrust, hatred, and superiority over others, divides populations into us and them more readily, and with more tenacity, than just about anything else, and in many regions cannot be criticized on pain of imprisonment, death, or worse.
Until we recognize religion for what it is, a highly contagious form of mental illness, and treat it as such, we will not be able to prevent this kind of madness from taking hold all over the world, or the dire consequences that always results from this kind of mentality gaining the levers of power.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @01:07AM
Religion might make good medicine, but its bad as a diet.