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I don't believe a word they tell us n/t leftstreet Sunday #1

FULL DISCLOSURE: A senior administration official said ... mahatmakanejeeves Sunday #2

But somehow they located his jet when he was flying in it BeyondGeography Sunday #3

Must be one of those magic radars that still works after we blew it up. Volaris Sunday #5

CIA provides a bullshit story to the media and they buy it Klarkashton Sunday #4

After what the media did to Biden over Afghanistan... gulliver Sunday #6

The CIA is in the business of... S/V Loner Sunday #7

Yeah. That's the definition really forever. Melon Sunday #10

I'd hope so. It's sorta their jobs. OC375 Sunday #8

Sources, sources, sources MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #9

Hmmmm... AloeVera Sunday #11

leftstreet

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1. I don't believe a word they tell us n/t

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:38 PM

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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. FULL DISCLOSURE: A senior administration official said ...

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:49 PM

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We haven't heard anything about this rescue that has not been carefully orchestrated by the White House.

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/05/iran-f15-crew-member-rescued

Behind the scenes: A senior administration official told Axios that prior to locating the weapons system officer, the CIA launched a deception campaign by spreading word inside Iran that U.S. forces had already found him and were attempting a ground exfiltration.

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BeyondGeography

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3. But somehow they located his jet when he was flying in it

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:57 PM

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Volaris

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5. Must be one of those magic radars that still works after we blew it up.

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:22 PM

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Yeah, that it.. damn those clever magical bastards!

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Klarkashton

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4. CIA provides a bullshit story to the media and they buy it

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:09 PM

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Without a second thought.

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gulliver

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6. After what the media did to Biden over Afghanistan...

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:43 PM

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...I was very worried.

Biden ended the war in Afghanistan. It has preserved countless American lives since. But, to the media, it will always be the "disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan." There were videos of people running after planes, and there was a terrorist attack on our troops. And that defined the whole thing for our MSM, left and right.

If this airman had been caught by the Islamic Republic goons, I don't even want to think about how it would have gone.

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S/V Loner

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7. The CIA is in the business of...

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:58 PM

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making up shit to get a specific outcome.

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Melon

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10. Yeah. That's the definition really forever.

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 04:56 PM

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OC375

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8. I'd hope so. It's sorta their jobs.

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 04:15 PM

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MorbidButterflyTat

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9. Sources, sources, sources

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 04:20 PM

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AloeVera

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11. Hmmmm...

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 05:05 PM

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Videos posted online showed locals from the area where the jet went down forming search parties to find the airman. According to the New York Times, U.S. aircraft dropped bombs on convoys that approached the area where the airman was hiding.

Uhh, so the locals were BOMBED? Just how murderous WAS this rescue? How many Iranian civilian lives taken? Asking for innocent civilians from Gaza, Lebanon and now Iran...

Oh well...

USA! USA! USA!

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