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He means because the plane crashed, it is technically on the ground. I think.
It was actually very lucky it crashed in the Eastern, rebel held area where the pilots were welcomed. What it it had crashed somewhere else, say Tripoli. What if Kadafy's forces got them? So what do we do then? That is the slippreyist of slopes. That is how feet will be on the ground when we have to use them to get back the pilots and so on.
How much goodwill did that same jet buy us with the bombs it dropped before crashing? I'm sure the families of the innocent people who were killed by those bombs feel great about the United States right now.
The tax payer money we lost by crashing that plane in Libya could have fed a few thousand hungry children for a while here in the United States, think of the goodwill that might bring
What a totally baseless rant (But what else is new? )
You have absolutely no creditable proof that any innocent people were killed by the bombs dropped by this jet.
That's quite the vivid imagination you have there!
Yet yesterday on my lunch hour, while watching news, it was reported that one pilot's rescue team "took fire from hostiles", and it was all I could do but roll my eyes thinking of this thread.
As to the other pilot, well after he was found by friendlies... we then bombed them, in order to win their hearts and minds...
El-Amruni's farm now bears traces of the bombs, with pockmarks from the blast marring a metal gate in the courtyard and parts of his house.
El-Amruni was hit in the blast and received shrapnel wounds in his leg and back. But he could still walk, using an old broomstick as a crutch. He said he didn't hold a grudge against the Americans, assuming the incident had been a mistake.
My greater question may be, will the United States now start enforcing No-Fly-Zones around every rebel uprising in the Middle East? If Israel engages in another 'Cast Lead' operation, will the US enforce a No-Fly-Zone?
There is an old adage, that says, if you are going to strike at the king, you best make it a good one. Perhaps these people just got swept up in 'rebel fever', because after all, does not Qadaffi have the right to keep order in his own country? What exactly determines how and where and which countries the US will engage in. If an uprising occurs in Saudi Arabia, will the US enact a no-fly-zone there? doubtful, so whats the difference.
Maybe these rebels bit off more than they could chew, perhaps they didn't think striking at the king through.
...The tax payer money we lost by crashing that plane in Libya could have fed a few thousand hungry children for a while here in the United States, think of the goodwill that might bring
So, you're assuming the mechanical problems that caused the plane to crash would not have happened if it wasn't in Libya?
well he did not shoot it down it was a malfuction that caused it to go down and it was at high altitude. so the F-15 still holds it's untarnished record of never being shot down in combat and have the most air-air combat kills of any other plane of the jet age
No it got shot down. These planes are one the most reliable in the world. It's a whitewash to say otherwise
No it got shot down. These planes are one the most reliable in the world. It's a whitewash to say otherwise
The "most reliable planes in the world" crash the least.
But they do crash.
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