He was making fun of your death boner. How is that supporting Iran?
Also you never schedule a protest before 10am. Only amateurs do otherwise...
Iran President's helicopter down
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Also you never schedule a protest before 10am. Only amateurs do otherwise...
Sounds like it. Not really sure what this means. How hardline was this guy? Is the next guy going to be worse or was this guy the bottom of the barrel?
Or does it even really matter in Iran where the clerics actually run the show?
I read something this morning saying their constitution requires an election within 50 days. Then it went on to say that any candidates must be approved by the clerics before they can run. Nothing possibly changes until Khomeini dies and he's 85.
His replacement is likely to be a clone of him.
Butcher of Tehran - might be an indicator.
I've heard Raisi was considered a likely successor for Khameni. So, there's that.
At least I know one thing, I'll never die in a helicoptor.
@UncleMark - tagged you since you may have missed Stoll’s question but please post your source for this so we can dismiss it as bs if anybody links or posts from what is obviously a propaganda source…
From what I can read he was as hardline as the Supreme Leader. Sounds like he took bullets for the Supreme Leader.
Could this ignite more unrest?
I'm guessing those 72 virgins are still virginsGot em all. 🔥
Congratulations Gravity and Spatial Disorientation ((With an assist from Bell Helicopters Inc.)). And here's hoping the Israelis actually did have a hand in it...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — ‘Butcher of Tehran’ — killed in helicopter crash in remote region
With Raisi’s death, all eyes have turned to what it might mean for Iran’s government.nypost.com
Couldn't have happened to a finer group of fellas...
Chopper burned down to melted skids... Nice introduction to the rest of their time in the nether regions...
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I agree. If it was not mechanical problems or pilot error then I would look at the guy who replaces Raisi. If we found out he had business cards already made up last week then there might be a problem.
That's our word, you can't use it.
Now you guys are really stretching. It's a mechanical, pro forma response. Get a grip. Hell, they even snuck a dig in at the Iranian regime.
So....they probably pissed off both sides in Iran. Better off saying nothing.
I was going to all the sites that Drudge linked. AP, CNN, The Guardian, IIRC. Those sites were presumably relying on Iranian sources. Also was watching CNN's TV coverage. dbm and others were posting twitter links without any sourcing. Yeah, turned out the guy did die. There was a 50-50 chance the twats would be right, and they won the coin toss.
I am not a mathematician but; mountains + helicopter + fog + no contact = 99.99% mortality. Only Matt Damon can survive that shit
And all the extras in an A-Team episode.
Fair enough. I was just going by dead or not dead. People were claiming he was dead based on pure speculation.
A thumbnail synopsis:
Expert provides insight into suspected cause of helicopter crash that killed Iran's president
ABC contributor Col. Steve Ganyard, a former fighter pilot and a former State Department official, weighs in on what may have caused Iran helicopter crash.
Only Biden and Blinken could be this craven:
nypost.com
US State Department, NATO, UN criticized for offering condolences to Iran over dead ‘Butcher of Tehran’
The Biden Administration drew harsh criticism on Monday for offering its sympathies over the deaths of Iran’s oppressive president and foreign minister who were killed a day earlier in a heli…
nypost.com
A thumbnail synopsis:
Expert provides insight into suspected cause of helicopter crash that killed Iran's president
ABC contributor Col. Steve Ganyard, a former fighter pilot and a former State Department official, weighs in on what may have caused Iran helicopter crash.abcnews.go.com
Iran is blaming the US led sanctions, essentially conceding mechanical failure was -- or could have been -- a factor.
This is kinda funny, ish.
But today’s aircraft (fixed wing can’t stop, rotor wing can), has synthetic vision. Garmin has mapped the entire E’ffing planet. If I loose visual reference, I punch a button and I have synthetic vision (updated 29 days ago and earth doesn’t change that much) .
Pilot distortion happens, I get it. But Kobe’s pilot and the helo the the president of Iran fly in…..
my $80k personal plane has enough tools to prevent this shit.
Just sayin.
You should be happy, right? Those are facts. Merica caused this. That’s the only “fact” you need.
One can only hope that was the case...
The reality is most likely that their pilot F'd up..., put he and his passengers inside a milk bottle, lost spatial awareness, and flew it right into the trees...
Having experienced both gray outs and white outs myself on multiple occasions I understand his problem... The term "disoriented" doesn't begin to cover it...
*One can only hope that their president survived the intial crash...*
Their maintenance budget was redirected to acquiring missiles for Hamas. We all have to live (or die) with the consequences of our decisions.
Helo’s with an engine failure, glide like a man hole cover, to their final landing spot. Final, landing spot. They do “land”, though.
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