Remember when Reagan shot down a passenger plane, then lied about it?

[Oldstyle]

Old School just gave me neg rep...I assume that was for pointing out that his original post was incorrect but since he hasn't returned to defend it, I guess I'll never know! LOL Gotta love the people who can dish it out but then run away when challenged on what they posted!

 

[namvet]

A quarter-century later, the Vincennes is almost completely forgotten, but it still ranks as the world’s seventh deadliest air disaster (Malaysia Air Flight 17 is the sixth) and one of the Pentagon’s most inexcusable disgraces.

In several ways, the two calamities are similar. The Malaysian Boeing 777 wandered into a messy civil war in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border; the Iranian Airbus A300 wandered into a naval skirmish—one of many clashes in the ongoing “Tanker War” (another forgotten conflict)—in the Strait of Hormuz. The likely pro-Russia rebel thought that he was shooting at a Ukrainian military-transport plane; the U.S. Navy captain, Will Rogers III, mistook the Airbus for an F-14 fighter jet. The Russian SA-11 surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysian plane killed 298 passengers, including 80 children; the American SM-2 surface-to-air missile that downed the Iranian plane killed 290 passengers, including 66 children. After last week’s incident, Russian officials told various lies to cover up their culpability and blamed the Ukrainian government; after the 1988 incident, American officials told various lies and blamed the Iranian pilot. Not until eight years later did the U.S. government compensate the victims’ families, and even then expressed “deep regret,” not an apology.

Putin and whoever fired that missile should be held accountable, just as Reagan and the crewmen of the Vincennes should have been, even if they weren’t.


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its Obama's fault

 

[Oldstyle]

You can bet that if it happened on Barry's watch...he'd find someone else to blame for it! Just sayin'....

 

[Synthaholic]

It is different when Americans do shit like this. Suddenly they go very quiet.

Well...at least when Republicans do it.

 

[Synthaholic]

The border agent was killed in the line of duty. Sad, but shit happens.

Neg sent and I felt good doing it. So much for my red line in the sand relative to sending 'negs'

-Geaux

So...shit doesn't happen?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It is different when Americans do shit like this. Suddenly they go very quiet.

Why do you say that Noomi ?

The incident was a tragic mistake, and frankly unless there's proof that shows that either Putin, and or the separatists PURPOSELY shot down this latest airliner incident, it is also a tragic mistake.
Right now the jury is still out.
Blaming Reagan or America in general for the 1988 incident, is simply ignorant. Mistakes happen, and unfortunately this one was a big mistake that cost many lives. A mistake though nonetheless.

 

[Bush92]

Why do you even bother to post this nonsense? Reagan acted EXACTLY as he should have with what he was being told and apologized a day later. A US helicopter had come under attack by Iranian gunboats, the Vincennes engaged those boats and totally fucked up when they couldn't tell a commercial airliner from a fighter jet. How THAT is Reagan's doing you'll have to explain!

Well, Reagan was the guy who decided that the US Navy needed to take the side of Saddam and the Oil Monarchies over Iran now that Iran figured out a way to kick them in the economic nuts.

Let's review here. In the good old days when Reagan thought Saddam was our buddy, and Iraqi pilot fired an Exocet Missile into the USS Stark. The ship almost sank and 37 sailors died. The Captain was sacked for not watching out for his ship.

So that gave Will Rogers III, the captain of the Vincennes, and extra incentive to have an itchy trigger finger.

Supporting Saddam was the proper move. He kept the other murdering savages in line.

 

[skookerasbil]

Nobody cares about Ronald Reagan........its 2014.


God.....this Synthaholic asshole.......his last thread referenced James Garfield. Whats up with using these relic references to prove a point???

 

[Bush92]

7 times militaries have shot down civilian planes - Vox

Has happened many times before.

 

[NLT]

A quarter-century later, the Vincennes is almost completely forgotten, but it still ranks as the world’s seventh deadliest air disaster (Malaysia Air Flight 17 is the sixth) and one of the Pentagon’s most inexcusable disgraces.

In several ways, the two calamities are similar. The Malaysian Boeing 777 wandered into a messy civil war in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border; the Iranian Airbus A300 wandered into a naval skirmish—one of many clashes in the ongoing “Tanker War” (another forgotten conflict)—in the Strait of Hormuz. The likely pro-Russia rebel thought that he was shooting at a Ukrainian military-transport plane; the U.S. Navy captain, Will Rogers III, mistook the Airbus for an F-14 fighter jet. The Russian SA-11 surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysian plane killed 298 passengers, including 80 children; the American SM-2 surface-to-air missile that downed the Iranian plane killed 290 passengers, including 66 children. After last week’s incident, Russian officials told various lies to cover up their culpability and blamed the Ukrainian government; after the 1988 incident, American officials told various lies and blamed the Iranian pilot. Not until eight years later did the U.S. government compensate the victims’ families, and even then expressed “deep regret,” not an apology.

Putin and whoever fired that missile should be held accountable, just as Reagan and the crewmen of the Vincennes should have been, even if they weren’t.


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Why should the crewman be held accountable? they were following orders.

 

[Synthaholic]

Nobody cares about Ronald Reagan........its 2014.

God.....this Synthaholic asshole.......

his last thread referenced James Garfield. Whats up with using these relic references to prove a point???

It did?

 

[Synthaholic]

A quarter-century later, the Vincennes is almost completely forgotten, but it still ranks as the world’s seventh deadliest air disaster (Malaysia Air Flight 17 is the sixth) and one of the Pentagon’s most inexcusable disgraces.

In several ways, the two calamities are similar. The Malaysian Boeing 777 wandered into a messy civil war in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border; the Iranian Airbus A300 wandered into a naval skirmish—one of many clashes in the ongoing “Tanker War” (another forgotten conflict)—in the Strait of Hormuz. The likely pro-Russia rebel thought that he was shooting at a Ukrainian military-transport plane; the U.S. Navy captain, Will Rogers III, mistook the Airbus for an F-14 fighter jet. The Russian SA-11 surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysian plane killed 298 passengers, including 80 children; the American SM-2 surface-to-air missile that downed the Iranian plane killed 290 passengers, including 66 children. After last week’s incident, Russian officials told various lies to cover up their culpability and blamed the Ukrainian government; after the 1988 incident, American officials told various lies and blamed the Iranian pilot. Not until eight years later did the U.S. government compensate the victims’ families, and even then expressed “deep regret,” not an apology.

Putin and whoever fired that missile should be held accountable, just as Reagan and the crewmen of the Vincennes should have been, even if they weren’t.


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Why should the crewman be held accountable? they were following orders.

Crewmen. Referring to the ship's command.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

This thread is a total waste of bandwidth.

 

[Warrior102]

A quarter-century later, the Vincennes is almost completely forgotten, but it still ranks as the world’s seventh deadliest air disaster (Malaysia Air Flight 17 is the sixth) and one of the Pentagon’s most inexcusable disgraces.

In several ways, the two calamities are similar. The Malaysian Boeing 777 wandered into a messy civil war in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border; the Iranian Airbus A300 wandered into a naval skirmish—one of many clashes in the ongoing “Tanker War” (another forgotten conflict)—in the Strait of Hormuz. The likely pro-Russia rebel thought that he was shooting at a Ukrainian military-transport plane; the U.S. Navy captain, Will Rogers III, mistook the Airbus for an F-14 fighter jet. The Russian SA-11 surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysian plane killed 298 passengers, including 80 children; the American SM-2 surface-to-air missile that downed the Iranian plane killed 290 passengers, including 66 children. After last week’s incident, Russian officials told various lies to cover up their culpability and blamed the Ukrainian government; after the 1988 incident, American officials told various lies and blamed the Iranian pilot. Not until eight years later did the U.S. government compensate the victims’ families, and even then expressed “deep regret,” not an apology.

Putin and whoever fired that missile should be held accountable, just as Reagan and the crewmen of the Vincennes should have been, even if they weren’t.


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Another friend of Iran.

 

[JoeB131]

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Why should the crewman be held accountable? they were following orders.

The Captain should have been held responsible for giving that order when he wasn't sure.

Also, the navy DID recommend discipline the fire control officer, but they were overridden.

 

[R.C. Christian]

A quarter-century later, the Vincennes is almost completely forgotten, but it still ranks as the world’s seventh deadliest air disaster (Malaysia Air Flight 17 is the sixth) and one of the Pentagon’s most inexcusable disgraces.

In several ways, the two calamities are similar. The Malaysian Boeing 777 wandered into a messy civil war in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border; the Iranian Airbus A300 wandered into a naval skirmish—one of many clashes in the ongoing “Tanker War” (another forgotten conflict)—in the Strait of Hormuz. The likely pro-Russia rebel thought that he was shooting at a Ukrainian military-transport plane; the U.S. Navy captain, Will Rogers III, mistook the Airbus for an F-14 fighter jet. The Russian SA-11 surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysian plane killed 298 passengers, including 80 children; the American SM-2 surface-to-air missile that downed the Iranian plane killed 290 passengers, including 66 children. After last week’s incident, Russian officials told various lies to cover up their culpability and blamed the Ukrainian government; after the 1988 incident, American officials told various lies and blamed the Iranian pilot. Not until eight years later did the U.S. government compensate the victims’ families, and even then expressed “deep regret,” not an apology.

Putin and whoever fired that missile should be held accountable, just as Reagan and the crewmen of the Vincennes should have been, even if they weren’t.


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I was waiting for dumb fuck to post this.

 

[Stephanie]

another day another hate thread

how predicable..Obama down in the polls so drag out Reagan

 

[bodecea]

The border agent was killed in the line of duty. Sad, but shit happens.

Neg sent and I felt good doing it. So much for my red line in the sand relative to sending 'negs'

-Geaux

So...shit doesn't happen?

Only if it's school and other public shootings.

 

[Synthaholic]

A quarter-century later, the Vincennes is almost completely forgotten, but it still ranks as the world’s seventh deadliest air disaster (Malaysia Air Flight 17 is the sixth) and one of the Pentagon’s most inexcusable disgraces.

In several ways, the two calamities are similar. The Malaysian Boeing 777 wandered into a messy civil war in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border; the Iranian Airbus A300 wandered into a naval skirmish—one of many clashes in the ongoing “Tanker War” (another forgotten conflict)—in the Strait of Hormuz. The likely pro-Russia rebel thought that he was shooting at a Ukrainian military-transport plane; the U.S. Navy captain, Will Rogers III, mistook the Airbus for an F-14 fighter jet. The Russian SA-11 surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysian plane killed 298 passengers, including 80 children; the American SM-2 surface-to-air missile that downed the Iranian plane killed 290 passengers, including 66 children. After last week’s incident, Russian officials told various lies to cover up their culpability and blamed the Ukrainian government; after the 1988 incident, American officials told various lies and blamed the Iranian pilot. Not until eight years later did the U.S. government compensate the victims’ families, and even then expressed “deep regret,” not an apology.

Putin and whoever fired that missile should be held accountable, just as Reagan and the crewmen of the Vincennes should have been, even if they weren’t.


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I was waiting for dumb fuck to post this.

Well, I posted it instead.