Missing US crew member rescued in 'daring' operation in Iran

[Twiglets1]

A missing U.S. service member who was shot down in Iran has been rescued following a risky mission deep behind enemy lines in mountainous terrain, Donald Trump has announced.

“WE GOT HIM!” the president posted on Truth Social shortly after midnight on Saturday. “My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History.”

Iranian authorities had offered a bounty to anyone who handed over the missing airman alive, a state television anchor announced previously. White House officials had remained largely silent on the search.

Trump said that the unnamed airman had sustained injuries during the crash but “will be just fine.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-pilot-rescue-b2952011.html

Absolutely.

My first thought was that some brave Iranians had perhaops helped, or looked the other way at least. We know that huge numbers of them loathe the regime, and with the level of precision the US and Israel have been able to achieve in taking out key figures it's obvious there's been some collaboration.

Why are you slagging off the British forces?

I don’t believe anything the madman and his entourage say. Everything is to deflect from something else

Thankfully he's been rescued.

There is a lot of anti western sentiment. The IRGC worse, I'd say so.

So you don't believe hes been rescued then.🙄

So Donald Trump doesnt lie? Really????

Lots of new stations are reporting him found. Why lie about that. He had a tracker and communication device, so quite possible to locate.

Do you think the service member was shot down and rescued or it all didn’t happen?

It is not what is said that is the problem, it is what is done. Nutters in ME regimes do all kinds of horrific things everyday such as mass executions. They'd be rubbing their hands together with a captured US serviceman. We can all remember the death of the Jordanian pilot in 2015, they'd have done something equally as horrific, not just talked about 'no mercy'.

The only ones who are anti west are the ones supporting this war given what it is doing to our economies. Big upping American military might as they destroy the stability of the West. Wooo go team America 🇺🇸🇺🇸

2 weeks late to a war we're not in? Sure.

In the meantime Trump is DESPERATE for some positive news from Iran and this will do nicely.

Anything coming from the White House can be taken with the tiniest grain of salt. They are professional liars.

Can you just tell the civvies what is interesting about the term "crew member" rather than be secretive with "IYKYK" 😏

😂 no one here has wooo go team America, but carry on being over dramatic. As I said, glad he's rescued.

No sensible person should be taking the unvarnished word of either the Iranian regime or Trump, but it's a bit more than that here.

Both parties have acknowledged that the shooting down happened. They have opposing interests here, so are hardly likely to have coordinated. We know there were people on the aircraft. If they hadn't been rescued by the US or concealed by the locals, sooner or later the Iranian regime would have either corpses or living prisoners, and it would be in their interests to publicise it. The US may now release details, the rescued servicemen may give interviews. If they don't, citing security reasons or whatever, then we'll be able to draw conclusions from the ongoing failure of the Iranian regime to produce them.

There's quite a few posters suggesting that those that criticise Team America are by defacto supportive of the Iranian regime, I assume that's what the poster was alluding to.
They're not being dramatic at all just tiring of the above I would imagine

Ah apologies...

Lots of talk of "the pilots" or "the 2nd pilot" but you'd expect at F-15E, certainly on operations,.to be crewed by one pilot and one Weapons System Operator (WSO)...

."Crewmember" was definitely a better term until the role of whoever got extracted last night was revealed, hence the slightly oblique comment by me.

I genuinely have no idea what to think or believe any more where America is involved.

Which ones? This is quite a short thread about a man, shot down, who has been rescued. Although several posters don't believe he's been rescued.

There are many things wrong about this war. I assume most (who knows) think the regime treat their own people that don't support them appallingly bad, including slaughtering them in their thousands.

I believe the primary motive of this war was to stop the ongoing of uranium enrichment (already at 60%) to gain nuclear weapons. I personally think it will be awful if Iran gain nuclear weapons. Others disagree.

There seems to be posters seeing these posts when they’re not posted on the thread.

I didn’t say that.

I was specifically talking about the US crew member story.

Oh come on the OP choosing to quote 'daring' in her op. Posters making fun of the UK military just like Trump does. And like I said big upping this rescue of a man who was there to cause death and destruction as some great win, rescuing him from the claws of evil. This one man elevated above the innocent people across the Middle East who have been killed and maimed by people just like this man. It's a serious snore fest of pro US propaganda that is harming us all.

Go to America and talk about your anti US regime feelings and lots of people will agree with you, and nothing will happen to you.

Go to Iran and talk about your anti Iran regime feelings and lots of people will agree with you, and you will be murdered.

That's the difference.

I may be confusing threads there are so many all pretty much saying the same things, but you have questioned whether posters support Iran if they don't support the current illegal war or keep mentioning how appalled they are with the Iranian regime. It's tiring

No I have said clearly on a few threads now separate the two.

You can recognise the reality and horror of the revolutionary guard and not want what’s currently happening. In fact more should be said about the daily executions of young people, torture and suppression.

You’re responding to posts in your head on this, not what I’ve said.