Can You Imagine If The US Shot Down An Airliner??

[rightwinger]

Geraldo embarrasses Fox & Friends host by pointing out America did actually shoot down an Iranian jetliner


Question......Can you imagine if the US military shot down a commercial airliner and killing everyone on board??

I have often said that memory is kryptonite to these so-called Trump conservatives and honestly to republicans in general....Geraldo of all people has once again slapped Fox & Friends in the face with facts..what was Steve Doocy thinking?? Oh I forgot, he is a robot......no wonder Hannity was smart enough to cancel Geraldo appearances -- it would have been embarrassing for Hannity to get owned like this on his own show during prime time...can't have that...

"While discussing the downed plane, Doocy asked Rivera, “Can you imagine if the United States of America accidentally shot down a jetliner?” Rivera, however, didn’t miss a beat and pointed out that the U.S. actually had done that in the 1980s. 'Well, you know Steve, we did in 1988,” he replied. “It was an international, uh — well not a scandal, but a big debate. Our guided-missile frigate Vincennes, in the Gulf there, shot down an Iranian passenger liner. 290 died, including over 60 children. And it was something that took us years to live down.”

As I said, memory is kryptonite to a Trumper....because indeed, we shot down an Iranian jetliner and we denied it....for years....in fact, Bush Sr said he would never apologize for it or anything else the US did...Many Iranians felt the jet was shot down in order to aid Iraq which was fighting a war with Iran at the time...it wasn't until 1996 or so that the US finally took some type of accountability and paid Iran 61 million dollars..This Iranian jet attack happened just 9 years after the citizens there overthrew the Shah -- who himself was put there after we decided to overthrow their leader..luckily no war erupted after the first jet being shot down and no war erupted after this jet being shot down....but as for the prospects of a peace deal coming immediately after this?? Doubt it..especially since we just tore up the nuke deal -- we may believe we are morally superior to everyone else on Earth but it will be naive of us to not at least understand why most Iranians have trust issues when it comes to us making deals....ask North Korea.....ask Libya.....

We even gave the Captain of the Vincennes a medal

 

[rightwinger]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one.

Oh really? Okay, describe them for us. You can start with our boat, in Iranian waters, shooting down a civilian plane in Iranian airspace.

And, go!

Americans did not shoot a missile at an airliner taking off from one of its own airports.

We did shoot a missile at an airliner in Iran air space with a IFF beacon

We actually claimed......I thought it was an F-14

 

[whitehall]

Memory? Hillary's husband bombed Europe when he was caught with his pants down. That kind of memory?

Bombed Europe?

Damn, Sudan is in Europe, who knew?

Memory again. Don't you remember CNN reports of Belgrade Yugo. citizens carrying briefcases running for bomb shelters while NATO bombers terrorized their city?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one.

Oh really? Okay, describe them for us. You can start with our boat, in Iranian waters, shooting down a civilian plane in Iranian airspace.

And, go!

Americans did not shoot a missile at an airliner taking off from one of its own airports.

Yeah, even worse, we shot down a commercial airliner in someone else's country.

As it failed to respond to calls from the ship that attacked it. The ship that was being attacked by Iranian gunboats which had just shot at helicopters flying over international airspace all in the middle of a war between Iran and a US ally at that time.
Yeah, it’s all the same to an American-hating democrat sheep like you.
Tehran is looking for a few IED test dummies like you.

Even without responding, it put out a signal that it was a commercial flight. We ultimately paid up because we fucked up. Sad that you're so blind, you can't even see when America fucks up.

You’re using a legit mistake to justify mass murder and you call me blind?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one. You should be embarrassed for attempting a comparison.

No they weren’t. Both were tragic mistakes in times of heightened tensions.

Bullshit!
Who was firing on Iran when they shot down an airliner at their own airport? Nobody.

 

[Faun]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one. You should be embarrassed for attempting a comparison.

No they weren’t. Both were tragic mistakes in times of heightened tensions.

Bullshit!
Who was firing on Iran when they shot down an airliner at their own airport? Nobody.

Idiot, why would the intentionally shoot down a Ukrainian flight mostly Iranians and no Americans?

 

[bluzman61]

Trumpers will always find a way to say "but but but, that's different" when faced with facts....

The fact remains.....the US military shot down a passenger airliner and 290 people died...period.....

Nice try asshole. You got destroyed in your own thread by your omissions about the circumstances. Iran learned that day not to try to use commercial airliners to attack America or our military, because we will shoot it down.

But please, carry on with your pro-Iranian posts, so everyone can see what a treasonous idiot you are.

Yep, Biff got BIFFED once again. This anti-American never learns.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one. You should be embarrassed for attempting a comparison.

No they weren’t. Both were tragic mistakes in times of heightened tensions.

Bullshit!
Who was firing on Iran when they shot down an airliner at their own airport? Nobody.

Idiot, why would the intentionally shoot down a Ukrainian flight mostly Iranians and no Americans?

Because they’re Iranians and they and democrats would blame it on the US, which they did.
Your turban’s crooked.

 

[there4eyeM]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one.

Oh really? Okay, describe them for us. You can start with our boat, in Iranian waters, shooting down a civilian plane in Iranian airspace.

And, go!

Americans did not shoot a missile at an airliner taking off from one of its own airports.

We did shoot a missile at an airliner in Iran air space with a IFF beacon

We actually claimed......I thought it was an F-14

...and the Vincennes was in Iranian territorial waters when the deed was done.

 

[pknopp]

US Drone Strike Reportedly Kills 60 Civilians in Afghanistan

Of course the excuse will be that this was done during a war. The facts are there is absolutely NO reason for us to still be there. What we did was target someone defending their country from invaders and killed a slew of innocent people.

 

[Faun]

The circumstances surrounding that Iranian airliner accident were way different from this one. You should be embarrassed for attempting a comparison.

No they weren’t. Both were tragic mistakes in times of heightened tensions.

Bullshit!
Who was firing on Iran when they shot down an airliner at their own airport? Nobody.

Idiot, why would the intentionally shoot down a Ukrainian flight mostly Iranians and no Americans?

Because they’re Iranians and they and democrats would blame it on the US, which they did.
Your turban’s crooked.

LOL

You're an imbecile. They never blamed the U.S.. At first, they denied it was shot down. Then they admitted they did after they crash revealed it was, but said it was an accident.

That you have to lie to make the incident fit your bizarre narrative should have been your first clue you're an idiot.

 

[toobfreak]

Trumpers will always find a way to say "but but but, that's different" when faced with facts....

The fact remains.....the US military shot down a passenger airliner and 290 people died...period.....

Shit happens, Biff, people make mistakes. No one's happy about it. Still missing your point. Just out to make sure America doesn't get out from taking blame for all things possible? Really irks you that anything good might come out from anything Trump does, huh?

 

[toobfreak]

US Drone Strike Reportedly Kills 60 Civilians in Afghanistan

Of course the excuse will be that this was done during a war. The facts are there is absolutely NO reason for us to still be there. What we did was target someone defending their country from invaders and killed a slew of innocent people.

But it WAS done during a major war.

 

[Denizen]

Geraldo embarrasses Fox & Friends host by pointing out America did actually shoot down an Iranian jetliner


Question......Can you imagine if the US military shot down a commercial airliner and killing everyone on board??

I have often said that memory is kryptonite to these so-called Trump conservatives and honestly to republicans in general....Geraldo of all people has once again slapped Fox & Friends in the face with facts..what was Steve Doocy thinking?? Oh I forgot, he is a robot......no wonder Hannity was smart enough to cancel Geraldo appearances -- it would have been embarrassing for Hannity to get owned like this on his own show during prime time...can't have that...

"While discussing the downed plane, Doocy asked Rivera, “Can you imagine if the United States of America accidentally shot down a jetliner?” Rivera, however, didn’t miss a beat and pointed out that the U.S. actually had done that in the 1980s. 'Well, you know Steve, we did in 1988,” he replied. “It was an international, uh — well not a scandal, but a big debate. Our guided-missile frigate Vincennes, in the Gulf there, shot down an Iranian passenger liner. 290 died, including over 60 children. And it was something that took us years to live down.”

As I said, memory is kryptonite to a Trumper....because indeed, we shot down an Iranian jetliner and we denied it....for years....in fact, Bush Sr said he would never apologize for it or anything else the US did...Many Iranians felt the jet was shot down in order to aid Iraq which was fighting a war with Iran at the time...it wasn't until 1996 or so that the US finally took some type of accountability and paid Iran 61 million dollars..This Iranian jet attack happened just 9 years after the citizens there overthrew the Shah -- who himself was put there after we decided to overthrow their leader..luckily no war erupted after the first jet being shot down and no war erupted after this jet being shot down....but as for the prospects of a peace deal coming immediately after this?? Doubt it..especially since we just tore up the nuke deal -- we may believe we are morally superior to everyone else on Earth but it will be naive of us to not at least understand why most Iranians have trust issues when it comes to us making deals....ask North Korea.....ask Libya.....

The USA did shoot down an Iranian airliner killing 290 people in 1988.

Iran Air Flight 655 - Wikipedia

Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, was destroyed and all 290 people on board were killed.[1] The jet was hit while flying over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, along the flight's usual route, shortly after departing Bandar Abbas International Airport, the flight's stopover location. The incident occurred during the final stages of the Iran–Iraq War, which had been ongoing for nearly eight years. Vincennes had entered Iranian territory after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.

 

[pknopp]

US Drone Strike Reportedly Kills 60 Civilians in Afghanistan

Of course the excuse will be that this was done during a war. The facts are there is absolutely NO reason for us to still be there. What we did was target someone defending their country from invaders and killed a slew of innocent people.

But it WAS done during a major war.

I addressed that. You did not. It's a totally made up useless war. You can't use this excuse when you have absolutely no justification for being there at all. It is not a war, it's an invasion that people are trying to repel, just the same as we would do.

 

[Flash]

US Navy tigger happy weenies did shoot down an Iranian airliner by mistake.

However, the US admitted the mistake, paid restitution, punished those responsible and implemented procedures so it wouldn't happen again.

Big difference compared to how Iran handled their mistake.

 

[pknopp]

US Navy tigger happy weenies did shoot down an Iranian airliner by mistake.

However, the US admitted the mistake, paid restitution, punished those responsible and implemented procedures so it wouldn't happen again.

Big difference compared to how Iran handled their mistake.

It took the US years to do all of that. You expect Iran to do in a few days what it took the US years to do?

 

[toobfreak]

US Drone Strike Reportedly Kills 60 Civilians in Afghanistan

Of course the excuse will be that this was done during a war. The facts are there is absolutely NO reason for us to still be there. What we did was target someone defending their country from invaders and killed a slew of innocent people.

But it WAS done during a major war.

I addressed that. You did not. It's a totally made up useless war. You can't use this excuse when you have absolutely no justification for being there at all. It is not a war, it's an invasion that people are trying to repel, just the same as we would do.

Nope. It's a REAL war. Honest. People this wacky cannot be trusted to own nukes. All they need to do to end hostilities tomorrow is to give up their aggression and join the community of peaceful nations living in civility.

 

[pknopp]

US Drone Strike Reportedly Kills 60 Civilians in Afghanistan

Of course the excuse will be that this was done during a war. The facts are there is absolutely NO reason for us to still be there. What we did was target someone defending their country from invaders and killed a slew of innocent people.

But it WAS done during a major war.

I addressed that. You did not. It's a totally made up useless war. You can't use this excuse when you have absolutely no justification for being there at all. It is not a war, it's an invasion that people are trying to repel, just the same as we would do.

Nope. It's a REAL war. Honest. People this wacky cannot be trusted to own nukes. All they need to do to end hostilities tomorrow is to give up their aggression and join the community of peaceful nations living in civility.

When has nukes ever been a part of the conversation where Afghanistan is concerned?

 

[toobfreak]

US Drone Strike Reportedly Kills 60 Civilians in Afghanistan

Of course the excuse will be that this was done during a war. The facts are there is absolutely NO reason for us to still be there. What we did was target someone defending their country from invaders and killed a slew of innocent people.

But it WAS done during a major war.

I addressed that. You did not. It's a totally made up useless war. You can't use this excuse when you have absolutely no justification for being there at all. It is not a war, it's an invasion that people are trying to repel, just the same as we would do.

Nope. It's a REAL war. Honest. People this wacky cannot be trusted to own nukes. All they need to do to end hostilities tomorrow is to give up their aggression and join the community of peaceful nations living in civility.

When has nukes ever been a part of the conversation where Afghanistan is concerned?

Talking about Tehran, idiot.