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Panetta: Drone campaign over Iran to continue
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Published: 14.12.11, 14:17
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1. Deploy the F-22 to insure the drones safety
Sheik rattle & roll ,   USA   (12.14.11)
Deploy the F-22 in case the drone goes down it could take the drone out and in case Iran deploys any planes to interfere with the F-22 they can be destroyed with ease.
2. Thanks g...d, the Americans have finally
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.14.11)
left Iraq!!!!!!!!!!!! What had they done to counter Iran, while still being trapped in their Babylonian captivity...??? N O T H I N G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. What an idiot
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.14.11)
Now they're looking for them. Fortunately (whew!), the Israeli drones over Iran are capable of flying consideraly higher. Wh is Mr. Panetta still employed?
4. Campaign to continue
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (12.14.11)
More top secret hardware for the Mullahs?
5. Pretty Smart No?
Oregano   (12.14.11)
Does anybody doubt that the drone the Iranians (really the Russians) were "allowed" to shoot down is anything but a "Trojan Horse"? The stupid Persians took it into their labs and think they are analyzing its software and hardware. In fact it is gathering and transmitting all sorts of information and is implanting all sorts of viruses into the entire Iranian (and Russian) systems. This was the ULTIMATE cyber-attack.. If the Iranians had any brains they would blow the thing up it immediately, before it's too late. Good job.
6. #5 Oregano
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (12.14.11)
Leon Panetta and his master are not that clever.
7. LET'S HOPE
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (12.14.11)
That the USA has found the means to equip each & every drone with destructive device if any when the controllers loose contact At the moment contact is lost; the explosives detonate, since the contact is the safety preventing the self-destruct from operating Two drones lost in the past week, at this rate they'll have to accelerate the rate of manufacture
8. There was an Iranian commenter here, called Persian Cat
Tahl   (12.14.11)
This guy pretended to speak on behalf of America's interests, when it came to internal issues such as Pollard, the employment of young Israelis in America's malls, and other issues which drove a wedge between America and Israel. When such issues surfaced, he was usually the first one to pop up and speak like a supposedly true American patriot, who supposedly cared so much about America's interests. Of course, this dude is suddenly nowhere to be seen, in all the recent news items about American efforts to dismantle Iran's nuclear capabilities. Looks like his American patriotism days are over? We miss you, furball.
9. Miracle
Max ,   Washington DC   (12.14.11)
It would indeed be a miracle to protect the so called "Stealth Drones" now that the Russians are aiding the iranians to take over control and land them in one piece in Iran.
10. I just do not understand it........
Reuven ,   Petach Tikvah   (12.14.11)
Are we really to believe that there was no US fall-back position to cover the possibility of such a sophisticated drone falling into the hands of an enemy. Why didn't the drone blow up automatically when it was found that the US was not in control anymore. If, as it seems, that this drone is in very good condition, then the information concerning US technology is a windfall for Iran Russia and China.
11. THE DRONE CAMPAIGN ON
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.14.11)
Iran will continue and the latest acquisition by Iran in ensuring bringing these drones down will continue too.......................well,what is next?
12. PRETTY STUPID...........................#5
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.14.11)
Of you to assume that the Iranians are that daft.Wait for the results and you will prove yourself to be more stupid than what you think.
13. To: No. 5
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.14.11)
Frankly, the Americans are not all that clever. If you want to learn how to plant a Trojan Horse, consult with the Israelis. They've done it successfully. Your comment is somewhat reminiscent of the United States in Somalia. Were the barefoot warlords deliberately allowed to shoot down an Apache helicopter, and drag the dead U.S. servicemen through the muddy streets of Mogadishu, deliberately? Wow! What an intelligence coup! The U.S. hightailed it out of Somalia very shortly thereafter. Of course, if I wanted to be mean, I could write about the thousands of man-hours and effort invested by the United States in trying to make cigars that blow up or carry toxins that mike make Fidel Castro's beard fall out. Oh, and how about the shooting down of the U-2 that was piloted by Francis Gary Powers? Was that "allowed," too? Did anyone tell Powers, who risked execution, except for the fact that the Soviets wanted Rudolf Abel back? The United States should stick to Lego. Leave the serious cyber warfare to the Israelis, who can actually pull it off. In the cyber arena, the U.S., sadly, bumble and stumble. The three stooges could have done a better job. Oregano, confine yourself to being sprinkled over pasta. That is the ULTIMATE extent of your capabilities and usefulness.
14. To: Chris at No. 2
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.14.11)
Well, the United States did manage to sacrifice nearly 5,000 American servicemen and women, killed in action in Iraq. Not to mention the nearly 7,000 wounded, many of them having sacrificed a limb or two. What a proud moment for the United States, running like a bunch of striped-ass baboons. Pathetic.
15. To: Reuven at No. 10
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.14.11)
Unfortunately, there was no fall-back plan. And you have it precisely right -- Iran will leverage this "gift" into sophisticated weaponry from Russia, China and likely North Korea as well. Obama -- as commander in chief and thus responsible for all military affairs -- should be impeached. He should hang for treason, actually.
16. To: No. 11
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.14.11)
Can you be a little more specific? What is next from the United States, or what is next from Israel? Very different "nexts." Israel is not the Keystone Kops. With regard to the United States -- Moe, Larry and Curly seem to be the order of the day with respect to efficacy, and the president may just be the most vile traitor in American history.
17. Lol Ha Ha My Stomach Is Aching
(12.14.11)
leanon pinhead, is as Inept as rumsfeld. mr pinetta I'm quite sure sadar city is making Preperations, moktada al-sadar right now is making a Welcome Banner for the little bearded monkey and the rest of the persian arabs aka iran. You and your mooslum boss are anti-Israeli, so save your bullshit who cares! Israel, the IDF, Shin Beit and The Mossad could TEACH You a Thing or two. Your arrogence will be Your Down Fall. Kapiesh? Bueno
18. Why has this wimp Panetta not even tried,
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.14.11)
to destroy the downed drone ??? Hmmmm.......?????????????????
19. #12 MAHMOOD
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (12.14.11)
If you Iranians are so clever - why don't you have indoor plumbing in most of your houses and are not able to refine your own oil?
20. obama should have ordered its destruction
zionist forever   (12.14.11)
As soon as contact was lost with the thing the real time satellite intelligence the US has should have told them thats where our little toy is and then ordered fighter jets from a carrier to fly into Iran and destroy the thing. Iran got lucky and Obama was negligent by not destroying the thing while he had a chance and now Iran, Russia, China and North Korea are all going to be trying to work out how to reverse engineer the thing. Time for the US to install self destruct systems on all their UAVS if they are going to be sending them into places like Iran & Pakistan.
21. YOU SEEM TO BE AN ILLITERATE.....#19
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.14.11)
Person indeed.Indoor plumbing and not being able to refine its own oil and so forth is solely assigned for usage by Sarah only.You should not attempt to make use of her image of Iran at all else you will think you have been described Amazon forest.We only allow sarah to make use of that.
22. PRACTICALLY SPEAKING.............#16
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.14.11)
What difference does it make,really?You have already held half-dozen long range possible scenerio air raids drills.USA tax-payers had to dig in their pockets to supply you with new weapons that they themselves have not used.my question,therefore,still stands.
23. Obama grew up a Muslim and is sending the drones to enemies
Rivkah   (12.14.11)
to share the technology just like President Clinton gave the Cray Supercomputers to China so they could more accurately aim their missiles at America and other targets. Is there anyone in high office who is not a traitor?
24. 20 Zionist Forever: Iran didn't get lucky. Obama grew up a
Rivkah   (12.14.11)
Muslim and wants to share the technology with enemies. Impeach him.
25. to Sarah B.
Jared ,   Canada   (12.14.11)
We always see you on here, and usually you have very smart informed opinions but I noticed today you must be sick or something...calling the US stumblers n bumblers in cyber warfare, listen Israel is better at it because they've invested more in it, think about this...U.S.A recalls all of their troops around the world and says you know what this isnt our problem...see how well it goes then...I am fiercely pro-israel but being the US's neighbour im not going to sit around and have a dual citizen (it says USA/israel) talk down about one of her countries, you guys could have it a lot lot worse so stop nipping at the hand that aids the IDF in protecting you
26. #24 Rivkah - Impeachment won't do it
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (12.14.11)
Impreachment is a process, that even if it should succeed, would take too long What counts is the 2012 which hopefully, will get him voted out of office In my humble view, he is the Muslim Manchurian Candidate
27. Panetta should resign
Brod ,   USA   (12.14.11)
Panetta should resign or be ordered to resign by Congress or be fired for incompetence. He has failed with the deaths of CIA agents by Islamist-Jihadist terrorists who pretended to be working for the CIA. He failed with the loss of a stealth helicopter during the raid on Bin Laden compound. He failed in allowing the Special Forces who exterminated Bin Laden to be a sitting duck inside a mega helicopter that was shot down by Islamist-Jihadists. He failed in enabling a spy drone to safely land in Iran for America's enemies to possess and disect its technology. And instead of telling the PA/Hamas Islamist-Jihadists to learn peace and live in peace with Israel, he sided with the dark forces in pressuring Israel. It is time for the scoundrel to resign or be ordered to resign by Congress or be fired by the administraton for INCOMPETENCE AND IDIOCY.
28. 25
zionist forever   (12.14.11)
I have a feeling there is a troll here pretending to be Sarah B
29. To: Jared at No. 25
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.14.11)
If the United States dropped a high-tech drone -- with incredibly sophisticated technology aboard, which will soon become the property of one, more or all of China, Russia and North Korea -- there are no other words than "stumbling" and "bumbling." The United States does not "aid" the IDF. On the other hand, thousands of American servicemen and women have died protecting Arabs and Moslems in Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Waziristan, Yemen and Libya. While they all burn American flags and shout "Death to America." Where's your outrage, Jared?
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