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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @05:20PM (6 children)
Think about being in the second year of your wonderful savings plan and then you're diagnosed with brain cancer. Such things happen. Now who did the wrong math?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @05:43PM (5 children)
Whoever didn't do the proper risk-benefit did the wrong math. I assure you that is not the insurance company.
I fell and got a concussion a few years ago with obviously an associated skull fracture because I got a black eye a few days later. Guess what, I happened to have studied brain injury at a graduate level, I did a little more research, and verified that nothing had changed. There was nothing they could do beyond let me heal.
If I went to the doctor I'm sure they would have charged $100k for all the useless scans and crap they would do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @05:46PM
And also, in case you are worrying this brain injury has caused some sort of life problems for me... it is the opposite. I am much better off now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20 2019, @10:22PM (3 children)
The plural of anecdote is not data. I didn't ask what if you got an uncomplicated concussion that didn't require treatment. One MRI should have revealed that. Better question: How about instead of a concussion you got a full on subdural bleed from your fall that didn't stop. Again I ask: Where's your magnificent calculations in such a situation? How much do you think you would have owed a neurosurgeon to evacuate the bleed and repair the artery, and again what if that happened in year two of your savings plan?
Now let's go back to my first question: What happens if you get brain cancer and you only have one year of your premiums saved up as your health reserve? Hope you like dying!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @12:05AM (2 children)
Well, then shit happens. Thats life. Btw, I don't really have much faith in the healthcare system to begin with, so don't trust them to do much more than make me poor for the most part anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @02:43PM (1 child)
Yes, shit happens. But no, you won't necessarily just be sent away or denied care. Instead your physician will eat some of the cost of your care. The hospital will write off part of your expenses. The public will pay for some of the cost of your care. All of us who pay for our insurance will eat the cost of your care in the way of increased premiums and taxes. Life would be easier if we didn't give a damn about you and just say, "well, tough shit now go away and die." But since we're not going to do that because we're people and not animal, and since when that day comes you will not just keep to yourself but instead beg for any help available to keep you breathing, then we're perfectly within our rights to not give a shit if you don't want insurance and penalize you for not taking the steps that the rest of us do so that we won't be a burden on you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @07:23PM
You ignore the part I don't want most of this "care" they have to offer. And second, I've looked at the data. The expenses you complain about are rounding errors. All the money is spent on old people with chronic conditions on like a dozen medications they probably would be better off without.