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Jedi Guy

(3,478 posts)
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:33 AM Friday

CNN: US fighter jet shot down over Iran and search is underway, sources say

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump expects the pilot(s) to self-delete before allowing themselves to be captured by Iranian forces. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd been explicitly ordered to do so, for that matter.

And if I were one of those pilots I sure wouldn't expect any help from Trump's White House in being freed from captivity.

Here's hoping US forces are able to find and rescue them before the Iranians do.

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CNN: US fighter jet shot down over Iran and search is underway, sources say (Original Post) Jedi Guy Friday OP
Trump will probably manage to convince the pilots Submariner Friday #1

Submariner

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1. Trump will probably manage to convince the pilots
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 12:06 PM
Friday

family that "Your son's capture is all the fault of Barack HUSSEIN Obama's failed Iran nuclear policy that I had to replace to keep you and your son safe, but it sure wasn't my fault. Never has been. Never will be."

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