OK just for fun...your post of a Philly No Kings crowd (probably AI enhanced) and claiming it was a view of the Outer Banks. Then when I questioned the veracity, you posted a long AI-paragraph explaining why I might be geographically illiterate. I actually gave you a like for that one.
@Persian Vol's comment wasn't about "whether Iran got credit for a takedown," but about an Orwellian euphemism employed in the propagandistic article to which he replied.
I think those posts are horrible and I hope that those posters would reconsider when they think more carefully about them. I also think Trump is making a big mistake with all of the "bombing into the Stone Age" stuff. If infrastructure does not contribute directly to the military effort it should be left alone. My hope for Iran is that the political branch of their leadership trinity eventually wins out and that in the future the political leadership becomes more responsive to the populace.
I share (and I'm sure @Persian Vol shares) your concern for the safety of our downed pilots. Many of us believe, however, that the greatest support we can show our men and women in uniform is to ensure that they are put in harm's way only for a moral purpose necessary to the defense of our country. It seems clear to many of us that the president has sent American troops to war without a plausible justification and without a clear and achievable goal. From this perspective, to oppose propaganda for this "excursion" (as the president has styled it) is to support our troops.
