Trump says Iran 'made a big mistake' after drone shot down

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JORDAN FABIAN - 06/20/19 10:28 AM EDT

President Trump declared Thursday that Iran “made a very big mistake” after the country shot down a U.S. drone.

The president’s first apparent reaction to the strike came in a morning tweet, in which he did not say how the U.S. may respond.

Link to tweet

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters earlier that Trump has “been kept up to date and briefed last night and again this morning” on the incident.

The drone shoot-down inflamed heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear deal with other world powers, which appears to be falling apart.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/449503-trump-says-iran-made-a-big-mistake-after-drone-shot-down

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

1. Prepare for early morning news video of

Air strikes

[maryellen99]

6. Or most likely a mushroom cloud nt

[Zoonart]

2. I thought smocky eyes was outta there.

[jayschool2013]

10. Her Lyin' Eyes

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool

My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things?
You're still the same old girl you used to be

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes

[Stuart G]

3. It was a "drone"..Do you know what a "drone" is? It is a spy plane without anyone abord.

No lives were lost. No one was hurt. Our drone was flying over their land without permission. I suspect that Iran has the right to shoot it down. What do you think?

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

4. Maybe trump just wants the 180 million back

[Stuart G]

5. If Trump thinks he can start something over this, something awful, then I would gladly donate

to cover the cost of the ...."drone"

After all..........it is a fucking drone!!

[FBaggins]

16. It's a "drone"... not a "kite"

Losing lives is not the only consideration when missiles are fired at military assets.


Our drone was flying over their land without permission. I suspect that Iran has the right to shoot it down. What do you think?

Iran says that it was. The US Navy says that it was in international airspace. Just because Trump is president is not enough reason to believe Iran over the USNavy. As a possible tiebreaker consideration...


1) The drone didn't have to be "flying over their land" in order to do it's job. At 50,000 feet, the horizon is over 250 miles away.
2) The stuff that the Navy is most interested in watching isn't far inland (if at all)
3) Inland targets aren't as mobile... the US can use satellites for those.
4) It it WAS over their land... then there's a crash site somewhere. Iran would not miss an opportunity to publish photos. Why haven't we seen any?

[Quackers]

18. This

Fuck trump, but if this happened in international airspace, it needs to be addressed. I would love to see the crash site.

[Va Lefty]

7. We all know what Country made "a big mistake" and it wasn't Iran

[Lulu KC]

8. A little tangent--is anyone else as surprised as I am

by what a drone looks like?
I did not envision the resemblance to a whale.
Just sayin'!

[joost5]

9. #WagTheDog

Not only is Trump giving away our nuclear secrets to the Saudis, he's also lining the pockets of war profiteers.

The Israelis, Saudis, and Putin arranged this prior to the 2016 election to help Orange Mussolini win. Now it's being implemented.

[LanternWaste]

11. His rational and directed response will be to find a grade-school insult for Rouhani

Beyond that, the Prince of Whales simply has no clothes.

[McKim]

12. Pentagon Reports Drone was in International Waters?

Looks like the Pentagon is backing up Trump by saying that the drone was in international waters.
Yet the maps they show on TV show the drone on Iranian land territory. What can we ever believe? Does Iran have a right to defend itself?

[EarthFirst]

13. Would it surprise you if there were multiple drones being operated?

In an effort hoping to get this reaction?

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit...

[bluestarone]

14. Good point!

Never thought of this

[Takket]

15. So we claim

ABC had a clip this morning if Iranians picking up pieces of the drone, on land. So unless the thing drifted a few miles over land before it crashed I’m skeptical of the international waters story.

[FBaggins]

17. I'd be very interested in seeing that

Iran has lots of stock footage of such things and releases them for effect. Most are blatantly false (and easily falsifiable). The main image for the current incident (a burning drone falling from the sky) is fraudulent... but I haven't seen the one you're referencing.

[Takket]

19. i haven't been able to find it...

i can tell you it was not a TV/press clip. it was more like something a civilian shot on his cellphone, and you see a guy picking some pieces of metal.

I did just see that there is a 12 mile buffer Iran has from its coastline into the sea. They are claiming the drone was in the 12 mile zone. The US location is 21 miles off the coast.