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2011-12-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Slatle Bumble5851 2011-12-10 07:22|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Three possibilities. One is extreme cowardice, out of fear that it will be used as an act of war; but this is unlikely, as even leftist fools know that any excuse, or no excuse, will do to start a war.

The other is that this is a thinly disguised effort to pass bad technology to the enemy. But this is also unlikely, as both Russia and China are technically competent enough to reverse engineer, looking for such flaws.

The third, and most likely scenario, is that Obama has become so demoralized and inert that he is running on autopilot. He probably spends most of his time either playing Angry Birds on the Oval Office computer, golfing, haphazardly campaigning, or planning his next vacation. His subordinates are also free to do whatever they want, so are.

I have seen, and even screamed at, command level burn-outs before, and they just look at you with glassy eyes, a neutral expression, and you can tell they are on nervous breakdown lane.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-10 09:18|| 2011-12-10 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Moose,

Respectfully, I think that A) is the most likely, especially as the drone being over Iranian territory in the first place is technically an act of war, and the President of the United States (and his advisors) don't seem to have been aware of that.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-12-10 11:00|| 2011-12-10 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 ...is technically an act of war

Really? What's the altitude limit since satellites also traverse others national boundaries. Someone should alert Eisenhower and Kennedy to the point.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-12-10 12:00|| 2011-12-10 12:00|| Front Page Top

#4 It's probably payback for the 300m in campaign contributions he received 3.5 weeks before the last election. Either that or he wanted Iran to have a stealth method of delivering a warhead.

Posted by David169 2011-12-10 12:17|| 2011-12-10 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 What's the altitude limit since satellites also traverse others national boundaries.

There is no defined legal altitude limit. There is a convention that places it in the same legal realm as territorial limits of the sea. There is the Kármán line, as set by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, that is set at an altitude of 100 km (62 miles); beyond that is 'space'. The US has a stipulation that anyone who flies above 50 miles is classed as an 'astronaut'.

But in any case common sense would say that satellites do not cross 'airspace'.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-10 12:56|| 2011-12-10 12:56|| Front Page Top

#6 "they just look at you with glassy eyes, a neutral expression, and you can tell they are on nervous breakdown lane."

Seen it too... yup.
He is probably sitting in his leather chair reading people magazine and GQ right now.

Posted by newc 2011-12-10 13:06|| 2011-12-10 13:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Moose: I also wonder about option C. I don't think Bambi spends his days hunkered down in a bunker with smokes and ESPN, but I do wonder if he finds the President part of being President really disagreeable and has decided not to do that part of the job.

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-10 13:55|| 2011-12-10 13:55|| Front Page Top

#8 I've always thought Bambi was not really engaged in functioning as the President--just kind of play acting his way through--enamored with the title and trappings. Ant then there is the unending campaigning he has engaged in since he was elected in 2008. Most of the rest of his stint he has mucked up. The drone program and getting Binny may be his only successes.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-12-10 16:42|| 2011-12-10 16:42|| Front Page Top

#9 I guarantee if we took away the inherent golf tee time privileges, he wouldn't run again

Posted by Frank G 2011-12-10 17:00|| 2011-12-10 17:00|| Front Page Top

#10 The other option is that his minions arranged to give the drone to the Iranians. Just like Clinton gave the Chinese the Missile technology and the milling technology for quiet sub propellers.

Obumbler is a treasonous POS.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-12-10 18:26|| 2011-12-10 18:26|| Front Page Top

#11 CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > IRAN ABLE TO DECODE [decrypt]DOWNED AMERICAN SPY PLANE, SELL THIS TEHCNOLOGY TO CHINA.

Iran says they own ultra-advanced decryption technology that can recover the data from the RQ-170 + by Allan they're going to use it, + also will "reverse engineer" the Drone.

Hence ...???

* IIRC WAFF > VIDEO:IRAN IRA170 DRONE.

That was fast - "shootdown" to indigenous production/mfg in roughly one week???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-10 23:22|| 2011-12-10 23:22|| Front Page Top

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