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displacedvermoter

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5. I, and some folks whose opinions I trust,
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:28 AM
4 hrs ago

just assumed that the rear seater was a top level ops officer, Colonel or Brig General who was in direct charge of the entire air operation, and they didn't want him captured, for obvious reasons.

I would put nothing past these lying fucks, though, and if they fucked up a special ops mission and are spinning it as a dramatic Entebbe level mission, sounds plausible.

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4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Was there really a downed second pilot? FarPoint 4 hrs ago #1
Anyone miss Barbara Starr yet? gab13by13 4 hrs ago #2
The entire second pilot narrative was weird Buckeyeblue 4 hrs ago #3
Damn right Whip-poor-will 4 hrs ago #4
I, and some folks whose opinions I trust, displacedvermoter 4 hrs ago #5
India Today - Bias and Credibility littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #6
Thank you for posting this, gab13by13 3 hrs ago #9
The article characterizes this as the latest unconfirmed online conspiracy theory. sl8 4 hrs ago #7
There are photos of the destroyed aircraft gab13by13 3 hrs ago #10
Two C-130s and two Black Hawks were "lost" Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #11
And one of the article's anonymous sources on Twitter also claims Oct 7 was a false flag attack by Israel muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #15
There were a bunch of destroyed aircraft Red Mountain 3 hrs ago #8
"The first casualty in any war is the truth." JohnnyRingo 3 hrs ago #12
Very interesting article, compelling arguments, a few more investigative reporters need to look into this further. sop 3 hrs ago #13
"India Today" is your source? Fiendish Thingy 3 hrs ago #14
You mean corporate media? BannonsLiver 21 min ago #23
But they were negotiating to hand it over until Trump cancelled negotiations and started bombing with Israel. ChicagoTeamster 2 hrs ago #16
LOL Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #17
How many soldiers died in this failed mission? They haven't told us the whole story yet... liberalla 2 hrs ago #18
I've been suspicious of the story, like many. hamsterjill 2 hrs ago #19
Hitler had a great way of getting consensus among his Generals FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #20
I agree and what happened to the pilot? the_liberal_grandpa 1 hr ago #21
I don't know what to believe BannonsLiver 22 min ago #22
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