FIRST ON CNN: Iran confronts U.S. drone over Persian Gulf
By Barbara Starr
An Iranian fighter jet targeted an unarmed U.S. Predator drone over the Persian Gulf this week, the Pentagon says.
It was the latest Iranian move aimed at thwarting American military airborne intelligence efforts in the region.
Defense Department spokesman George Little said on Thursday the unmanned MQ-1 drone was conducting routine classified surveillance over international waters on Tuesday when approached by an Iranian F-4.
The two aircraft came within 16 miles of each other.
The American drone was escorted by two U.S. military aircraft, which remained over international waters, Little said, adding that the Iranian jet departed after a verbal warning.
No shots were fired. However, Obama administration officials told CNN that the United States is concerned with Iranian intentions in incidents like this and whether such episodes could unintentionally trigger hostilities.
In December 2011, a highly sensitive U.S. Sentinel drone gathering intelligence on Iran's nuclear program for the CIA was captured by Iran after it crashed. In November, an Iranian warplane fired on a Predator over the Gulf.
After the November incident, the United States told Tehran that it would continue surveillance flights over international waters "consistent with longstanding practice," Little said.
"We also communicated that we reserve the right to protect our military assets as well as our forces and will continue to do so going forward," he said.
The use of U.S. drones so close to Iran remains a highly sensitive issue for American military intelligence.
The aircraft are capable of using sensors to gather information about Iranian military movements.
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I wonder if it was intentional. Let them have one to recover their jamming and range data. it's too bad the SR-71 isn't around to do a high speed flyover. That might freak em out some. They still fly U2 overhead, so I just wonder how efficiant these drones are for intel gathering as opposed to being a hellfire platform
Does it not defeat the very purpose of a spy drone to be to be escorted by two manned jets? My God military people are dumb!
I'm so glad Mr. Brennan only violates international laws and human rights as a last resort. Our US leaders are creating an environment for war and citizens of this globe are paying the ultimate price while Americans are distracted by the high life. Wake up everybody, before N. Korea becomes the first Country to successfully unleash a nuclear bomb in the US. They are certainly mad enough to do it. It's not like we, in the US, are innocent bystanders.
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If they are gonna try and send a nuke our way we certainly do belong there. Are you retarded or something?
Hey Yo Mama supporters got to love your President of Peace he just cannot wait to start WW3 morons. I bet all you Romney nut jobs love Obama now he is making enemies faster than we can kill so war forever! Yay o happy day to be an American surrounded by idiots.
I can not imagine why the sell distruct was not activated before the Iranians were able to capture the predator.
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True but consider the wonderful headlines in Iran and all over the world if that magical self-destruct function had delayed and killed some Iranian soldier or farmer. They want an open conflict with the U.S. because it suits their goals. The Obama Admin. is playing it close to the vest on this whole downed-drone issue and it has kinda just phased out of public spotlight.
absolutely! Human life is not cheap.We have no right to endanger people.
See? As the congress here is conducting"fillerbusters" about what drones can or cannot do, they become useless because Iranians find a counter strategy. I think everybody is a winner here.
We were spying in them and they caught us, what do you think their intentions were? they wanted to take "R2D2" to their base and make it spit out all the info it had in it's memory.May be this is the end of the era of Drones. Somebody has to come up with the counter strategy. There are too many innocent people being killed by the drones or because of their activities.
nuke those iranians basteres those shiia thugs evil cult killers in iran , iraq, syria and hizboallah all of them are terrorists USA are wrong calling iraqi puppet governemnt a friend ,,they are a friend of iran and enemy of usa...they use what so called TAQEYA A SHIIA TERM OF HIDING THE TRUTH ,LIES IS ALLOWED AND MAKE USE OF USA TO GAIN LAND AND POWER TO ALLOW IRAN TO CONTROL
yes- drone bad for americans if they shoot they kill people but american blood is different from blood other people
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your race is better than others you think?
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@moslem American is not a race and we are by far all white. It has to do with who is really controlling the trigger - global corporations.
by far all white? I think you need to look at the demograpics again this isn't the 50's anymore.
With obama using drones to kill citizens in other countries and violating their sovereignty and killing US citizens without due process, i would think Iran has the right to be worried and to confront obama illegal killing machines.
BigJoe shut up .
I believe Iran has all the rigth to create a nuclear weapons. After all the Unite Statas of America has millions of it. And no one on the world says anything about it. Even Israel has nuclear weapons themself.
You do a horrible job of pretending to be a westerner
You're forgetting that the West never threatens to use them on anybody nor uses threatening inflammatory rhetoric against its neighbors. No one would be against a civilized and peaceful Iran having nuclear weapons. In reality the world is slowly working towards a nuclear free world and arming countries with them would defeat the purpose.
Are you f*c*i*g crazy. If iran gets ahold of a nuclear weapon wat do you think they are gonna use it for. You must have never been to the middle east and seen how crazy those dot heads are. I been on two tours of millitary duty and if people like that get the hands on a nuke then we are all f****d.
You must never have been to the middle east either, had you, you'd realize "dot heads" refers to the hindi people of East India not the middle east. But then what do you expect from bigoted morons, nothing resembling anything sensible.
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Greetings from America. We do not fear you nor is there going to be any Islamic overthrow of the world. We defeated your archnemisis in 21 days when it took eight years to end it with an armistice for you. We have more B-2 Stealth bombers than you have nuclear facilities, if you live near one, move. Iran's list of allies is shrinking and no country will fight on behalf of the Ayatollah. It's best you remember these thing before you preach domination
Um excuse me Russia and china are behind Iran 100%. They said it will be world war 3 if the US even bombs Iran. This is because the last time the US said there was a threat,there wasn't and over a million people died and tens of millions of people are displace because of that criminal action. I think the world is done listening to the US. And can you blame them? People talk about a nuclear weapon for Iran and say the us doesn't threaten people with it.That is funny. No, they just go out and murder anyone opposed to them. They have more allies than you think. So I say to Iran, If you want to, just do it. The world is behind you. Do not ever let the US deprive you of anything that will help your nation. Even if it cost lives. This is what good stand for. Not the US. The US is a police state and involved in alot of the conflicts throughout its time in power. And it is time that the world stands up and says NO MORE! Because when it all goes down the world will have to rid the US just as Britain and Russia's allies did the NAZIS. Hell the US has killed more people than the Nazi did. GO IRAN!!!!!
James you sir are an Idiot of the largest magnitude. Russia does not back Iran China will not back Iran Nobody will back Iran. You say the world is behind you to create a nuclear bomb. Now I know your nuts. Nobody of this world wants a nuclear Iran. You must be talking about people on YOUR world. You need to get out of your mothers basement and actually read some of these articles before you post. I'm just amazed at how little you REALLY know. Kinda funny actually!
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I really feel sorry for you. You have no idea what it means to be a free. You will always have dictators murdering you're fellow citizens and you will be helpess to stop it. I wish for a day you could see what free country feels like, while not perfect, certainly centuries better than you're suppressive regime.
Yes, it's true that the innocent people often get mixed up when the corrupt governments fight each other.
I would have thought their drone would confront our drone. But wait, they have not finished reverse engineering the one we allowed them to capture. Maybe next year. Stand by to stand by.
I had a doctor who told me he was from Iran, he looked Caucasian. As for Iran trying to shoot at American unmanned drones it does not seem to peaceful. My brother tells me that their were never nuclear weapons near the Middle East. What happens if the unmanned drone needs service?
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
@john smith Not sure what you mean about the USA being the only country to shoot down a civilian airliner, but this happened involving the USSR:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
Escorting a drone with two manned jets kind of defeats the purpose doesn't?
Just a verbal warning – "Shoo. Get back over there." And it worked. The brave elite Iranian guard complied.
Silly Iranians...why won't they just let us spy on them......we would let them do the same to us, right?.... the US government is an enigma....
Agree. If there were Iranian drones that close to the US they would be shot down, international waters or not.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
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Some Iranians paddled a canoe across the bay to an island off their coast the island of Trid. The Iranians wanted the Trids to give up their Nuclear Technology. The trids said no! so one by one they lined them up on a cliff and kicked them off. Then they came to Kim Jung Un and they didn't kick him off. Kim said why didn't you kick me off I have been in bed with the Trids on Nuclear Technology for years? They looked at him and said Silly UN,, Kicks are for Trids.
I'm sick of these Arab countries in the mid west hating us for our freedom! Leave us alone!
It's only a matter of time before the Iranians steal another one of these drones.
An American fighter jet targeted an unarmed Iranian Predator drone over the Gulf of Mexico this week, the Iranian Military says. It was the latest US move aimed at thwarting Iranian military airborne intelligence efforts in the region.
Iranian Defense Department spokesman Mohammed Ahmed said on Thursday the unmanned MQ-1 drone was conducting routine classified surveillance over international waters on Tuesday when approached by a US F-4. The two aircraft came within 16 miles of each other.
The Iranian drone was escorted by two Iranian military aircraft, which remained over international waters, Ahmed said, adding that the American jet departed after a verbal warning. No shots were fired. However, Ahmadinejad administration officials told CNN that Iran is concerned with US intentions in incidents like this and whether such episodes could unintentionally trigger hostilities.
In December 2011, a highly sensitive Iranian Sentinel drone gathering intelligence on America’s nuclear program for the Iranian Intelligence Agency was captured by the US after it crashed. In November, a US warplane fired on an Iranian Predator over the Gulf of Mexico.
After the November incident, Iran told Washington that it would continue surveillance flights over international waters "consistent with longstanding practice," Ahmed said. "We also communicated that we reserve the right to protect our military assets as well as our forces and will continue to do so going forward," he said.
The use of Iranian drones so close to the US remains a highly sensitive issue for Iranian military intelligence. The aircraft are capable of using sensors to gather information about US military movements.
Nice rewording, but America would have used more jets and would have shot down the Iranian drone after claiming it left International waters.
I wonder what would we (US) do if the Iranian doing the same thing to us. Having their drone survey near US border?
exactly!
I agree. Why does the US think WE can do this stuff, but other countries cannot? Oh yeah, because we are the good guys.
The Soviets parked subs off our coasts for years. We never sank one. So your insinuation is not very credible.
Insinuation is not credible????
Cuban missile crisis pass you by eh?
No Zoglet, but a standard Cold War practice that went on for decades clearly passed you by.
That is an old F4 they are using. Ha.
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its time to nuke the usa and britain send a nuke to the head of ireland dublin also then drop a nuke on ghana accra you people will soon learn a lesson iran is the toughest guy on the street.
Ahahahaha!!!! Iran does not want the USA to react to theyre stupidity. It would be suicide.
yea hahhahaha thats why the usa is bolster its missile defence at the west coast agianst north korea sadly that nuke is going to hit boston in the east coast so thats the first usa town to get fried do ashes.
I live in Boston, thanks for the heads up saeed! Pretty impressive how Iran went from not having a nuclear weapon and only using its nuclear program for peaceful endeavors to having either a portable nuclear bomb or on mounted on an ICBM with both the range and accuracy needed to hit a city half a world away. Kudos to your oppressive and miserable little country!!!
Don't mind him. Saeed is on mullahs payroll and gets stipend from them.
Agreed
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If it wasn't for our slow economy we would have gone to war with Iran years ago. All our wars are pre planed years in advance. This is our forces testing there patience and week spots.
BigShiz,
It's true that countries test one another, but I highly doubt that that U.S. WANTS to go to war with Iran if it can be avoided. The war itself will be very costly in terms of dollars and possibly lives. After the war is over then what? What would the result be? Also, the U.S. would have to pay to fix whatever it 'broke.' That's a pretty hefty bill, especially if the U.S. went to war unilaterally (alone).
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I above all would like to avoid a war, however if we attacked Iran it would be limited. Consisting of merely wiping out their ability to wage war. Similar to what happened in Desert Storm. Maybe loose a few aviation assets, but we could probably set their military back decades. It would still be expensive, but no where near the cost of the previous wars and no need for a post stabilization force for a decade either.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
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John seems to overlook the Cold War interference and the subversive activities by the former USSR and other players in the region from the 50s forward..
It also seems that John is rather lethargic in his opinion USA as well as an extremely lopsided (if not complete fiction), view of who killed who in any one conflict.
One thing is completely inaccurate. The USA has not "invaded" 60 countries since WWII.
John is, in my opinion, delusional.
Well Mr. Smith, if you don't like the U.S. move somewhere else and take your crappy thoughts with you.
Shame they did not try anything.
Would be nice to hear of our boys shooting down one of their planes.
I take it in the bum.
No,I destroy racist lowlife trolls such as yourself.
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Iran should shoot down any intruder. We are asking for it , and we may just get it.
Remember that.
You do understand that "International waters" mean "International" Meaning, it does no belong to a country...
If you dont think they crossed over into Iranian air space you dont understand prewar operations.
I doubt that either the drone or the two U.S. aircraft ever crossed into Iranian airspace.
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CNN is wrong,Iran has f14's not f4's.
BigShiz,
Iran has BOTH F-4s and F-14s.
Your right,but there's no way that was a f4. They only use there f4's for air to ground operations. Look it up if you dont believe me.
It's true that F-4s are primarily used in Air to Ground roles, but that doesn't mean that they can't be used for anything else. I would bet that it was one of the closer aircraft that Iran had available at the time. Also, using an F-4 just to show that Iran is 'watching' would not be unheard of, especially if it didn't intent to hunt down the UAV and shoot it anyway (a difficult task with a modern jet). The pilot was probably just told to 'follow' it and see what it was doing.
Ok, I think I see a bit of waste going on here. Just what exactly is the point of having to have two piloted aircraft escort a drone?
Horus Maximus,
It's not a waste if it prevents conflict / war. It can also been seen as a show of force aka 'speak softly but carry a big stick'.
In case Iran gets mad and puts up there own fighters(like they did). The whole point is to provoke them. If they really wanted to see what was going on they could have used a spy plane that can not be shot down or satellite.
BigShiz,
I don't think the U.S. 'needs' to provoke Iran into doing anything. Iran regularly patrols the area anyway.
Yes they do
Iran has the same right to fly in the sky as the US military does. Hopefully, they'll get a few drones and do the same to us. This thinking we can do anything we want is getting sickening.
You're a brainwashed fool.
They're free to fly wherever they want. They're not free to buzz our drones as if they're about to attack and fire on them. We don't do that to theirs. If we were really as ruthless as you suggest we'd be doing a lot more than observing their Nuke program. In war people do what they want. The Iranians would surveil America with drones if they had the capability, why shouldn't we?
I'm Persian and even I don't lie about what they're doing. They're controlled by fundamentalist Muslims.
Go back to your garden Neville Chamberlain.
And what gives us the right to invade there airspace?
i dont think either the usa or iran should be spying on each other gives both an excuse to do what they want,any i mean any country will try and use there people for profit in something. believe half of what you hear and all of what you see,i am american born in oregon protland. i say the usa is no better because of all these secrets they keep,sometimes in plain sight i mean come on people wake up and let true justice be serve to liers and fakes of this world.
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Why shouldn't Iran "confront" or even shoot down a drone sent illegally into their airspace?
What would the US or their directors in Israel do if Iran sent a drone into their airspace?
What would the US do if Iran sent the Flame, Duqu or stuxnet virus into their LEGAL nuke facilities?
What would the US do if Iran forced sanctions upon the US for engaging in their legal enrichment programs?
This whole arrogance issue will blow up in faces very soon & all of it has nothing to do with nuke research, but with Iran's refusal to sell its gas & oil in US, federal reserve (Jewish directed & profitted) dollars.
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Love how you think anyone who doesn't share your views is not welcome in my United States of America.....frankly speaking, it's your intolerance that is not welcome, so you get out.
Who said anything about the drone being in Iranian airspace?
The "Untied" States haha that about sums it up. Fourth paragraph from the bottom.
Ha!
95% of blacks voted for Obama. Who in America is racist now days?
Blacks make up 16% of the US population. Yet they account for 85% of all violent crime in the US, 72% of the prison population, have the highest percentage of people on welfare and have the most children of any race.
Blacks were also SOLD to the US as slaves in chains BY africa over 100 years ago. Yet they still blame white people for everything to this day.
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And this means what to this article.
CNN please remove. Useless comment about the story
Nope, sorry will not remove. Even though the truth hurts, these are 100% facts.
I think it's pathetic that you don't know how to spell pathetic.
Your facts are blatant lies. Check the CIA data base for the truth. Here's one,there are 3 times the amount of black men in collage than jail and prison combined. Fact. (all racists please check the department of education against the CIA data base). Bit chs
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Yeah, and where do you suppose Iran got the F4? Maybe if the US kept its technology IN the US, our adversaries wouldn't have such sophisticated equipment. Duh.
We only sell outdated equipment to countries outside of the US interests. The F4 compared to today's military jets would be like comparing a black and white T.V. to today's best models.
The F-4 is a tremendous airplane. Not to mention one of the meanest looking ever. But it's a `60's era design still good in ground attack but no match for modern fighters. It was a NATO staple too so I guess we shouldn't have shared it with them either.
The F-4's were a gift by J. Carter don'tcha know...
They got f14's not f4's,and they where from Reagan genius.
And what makes you think Iran cannot develop its own technology? Arrogance is what's killing Americans!
And what makes you think Iran cannot and or have not develop(ed) its own technology? Arrogance is simply what's playing on Americans!
It's f14,dumb a s s
Louiea,
We don't sell aircraft to our CURRENT enemies, but sometimes allies can become enemies over time. Think of it this way...it's kind of a win-win for the U.S. to tell them stripped down versions of our aircraft. Why? Money goes back into U.S. companies and into the overall R&D costs. When the government buys planes, it lowers the individual unit cost a bit.
Also, when we sell them (allies) an export version of an aircraft, we know EXACTLY what the capabilities are since we built it. It's a lot easier to know what the limitations are in that case. The Iranians don't get as good of flying training as the U.S. pilots do. So even if they had U.S. F-15s, the U.S. pilots would still outclass them.
It comes down to the electronic systems in the plane's. They don't stand a chance head to head,but with there russian air defense system we will lose planes and pilots.
"The two aircraft came within 16 miles of each other." - Was the drone pilot scared ?
Willie,
A fighter and a drone at 16 miles apart is not alarming. I don't know why the story makes it seem so. At that range, the F-4 pilot would have no idea that there is a drone there (using just his own aircraft sensors).
The Feds ARE monitoring these comments.
Who cares?
usa can invade russia
Are you serious? More than 50% of the american people can't put food on the table, USA is up to it's a$$ in debits to China and you want another war?..LOL
You are on the verge of going bankrupt and more states are thinking of separating (Texas?) and breaking the "United States" because of money and policy issues and you still thinking of waging wars?
Really funny
This is such a common false statement. I wish a real news article would come out to dispel these ideas rather than helping to spread them. Only 68% of the US debt is held publicly. Of that 68% only 46% is held by foreign investors. Of the 68% of the public debt only 8% of that is owned by China. In all, China only owns about 5.5% of the US debt. Nothing even close to being in debt up to our ass to them. While it is true the US economy does rely partly on China's, China's economy is much more heavily reliant on the US economy.
You kind of have to admire the moxie of a couple of Iranians jumping into a 50+ year-old aircraft to engage a drone that they had to know would have fighter coverage. One aggressive move by that F-4 and it was a goner. I feel kind of sad for the Iranian people that their leadership continues to place them on a course for a war they cannot win.
Paul,
I agree with you to a certain extend but Iran is not the biggest problem that faces the states, Iran problem is with Israel and we are not getting anything from Israel except headache and more tax payers donations
plus,
Iran was not the cause of 911, Iran wasn't not the cause of killing too many innocent people that day, most terrorists if not all of them came from Saudi Arabia (Osama bin Laden was a saudi and his entire family still live there!!!!) but what did the states do to Saudis? nothing, why? afraid of shutting off the oil supply??
Yes, Iran full of crap and they just like to talk big but Shia muslims don't blow themselves up or behead peoples head like Sunnis are and what is happening in Syria, Libya and Egypt is your biggest proof.
Yes, Iran is not a friend but you've got friends that are the real enemy and you don't know about them..
just a thought
iran reigns supreme
iran is strongest
greetings from the glorious republic of iran
Iran is a supreme pain in the ass. Time for a little Preparation H-Bomb!!!
Ahahahaha!!!
lol yeah thats why you still use f-4 jets, cant drink or eat pork, condemn innovative ideas and live in a desert, sorry i like thinking for myself, shade from trees (there green and big) and not having a future of having a main export of radioactive glass thanks 🙂
Iran is a hemorrhoid.
Hmm. Where do you suppose they got a Phantom from? Oh yeah. We sold it to them.
Where this money went, let the Reapers follow:
http://pulverizedtonearpower.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/pulverized-to-near-power/
Let the Reapers follow this money:
http://pulverizedtonearpower.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/pulverized-to-near-power/
I would really like you to prove facts of this information! I honestly think you are just a bigot, and this is coming from a white man
I agree with most of your post. Your reply I think was to the racist that thinks that statistics justify ignorant reply's. He is correct in affirming that minorities do make up the largest percentage of prisons and social programs. If they had decent housing, education and job opportunities that number would be dramatically reduced. I remember seeing a statistic during the recession of 92. As the jobless rate here increased so did crime. And we have a rate of 2.8% and climbing to 3.5 projected. Jobs, self worth, and a faith in the system increases stability and reduces crime. That is just a fact. Something that the fools never seem to realize. Add one more fact. If the minimum wage was raised to the poverty level, all employees received benefits, the rich would actually make more money. Go back and see what Henry Ford did and look at the fortune he made and is still making
Hmm raise minimum wage? You are not very smart. That would make it to where more employers cannot afford to pay for all their employees, thus reducing the amount of employees and giving their responsibilties to other employees, thus increasing unemployment. You very much so remind me of Obama with your poor logic.
America should fight against countries like Iran, Iraq and any other countries that fund and encourage terrorism. If we stay soft, they will come after us like they did in 1993, and 9/11. They are like coward dogs, if you run, they will chase you, if you him them a stick they will back down. They teach their kids and brain wash them at very young ages in school to hate america, and wish death on all americans...Time has come to wipe all the muslim terrorist off the earth
You do realize that America supports countries and groups that commit terrorism and organize military coup's and destabilize nations that we feel are in our interest right? To Islamic leaders in power rebels are terrorist just as government officials believe the Boston tea party was a terrorist act! So buy supporting the overthrow of another country we are supporting terrorism in another peoples eyes. Thus the old motto, speak softly and carry a big stick means dont antaginize, and kill everyone if they dare attack (unjustifiably which is not the case today or the last 20 years... or more)
You think you're civilized?
Tom, if you actually believe that some band of sand rebels whom were terrible pilots actually took over a 3 seperate planes with box cutters and flew them into the towers which magically fell to a fire, you need to pull the wool from your eyes. I'm sick of of simple minded sheep believing every bit of propaganda that is put on tv for fools like yourself. Show me one shred of scientific evidence that fire can melt steel and make a building fall like a controlled demolition, show me one video of an actual plane being flown into the pentagon which is one of the most surveilanced areas on the planet earth mind you.. Get real, try to educate yourself and stop regurgitating cnn and fox news, free your mind and think for yourself.
95% of blacks voted for Obama. Who in America is racist now days?
Blacks make up 16% of the US population. Yet they account for 85% of all violent crime in the US, 72% of the prison population, have the highest percentage of people on welfare and have the most children of any race.
99% of blacks are descendants of people brought to America in chains, then sold like property, whipped like dogs, and raped like farm animals by their white owners. They are the latest generation of a long line who have been relegated to 2nd rate educations and 2nd rate jobs with 3rd rate pay scales.
Do you suppose it's possible that some or all of your statistics might be an outgrowth of the above? As for 95% voting for Obama, until YOU can claim a family history like most American blacks, you have no legitimate grounds for criticizing how they chose to cast their votes.
Finally, your racism is so terribly apparent.
Get a life and stop blaming everyone else for your unhappiness.
99% of the blacks brought to America in chains, where SOLD to America in chains, by Africa, you fool. And those slave days were over 100 years ago and those people are all dead now, so quit whining because you have more rights and free stuff than any other race! Get real, idiot.
This message is for Howard ^
Would 'Murcia let Iran fly drones over its land? If China was flying drones over international waters off the New York coast would 'Murica let it go unwarned?
But New York is not the one claiming to wipe other nations off the face of the earth, Iran is.
I It's a huge lie... even a member of the Israel government admits it was propapaganda...
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/israeli-minister-agrees-ahmadinejad-never-said-israel-must-be-wiped-off-the-map/
Lies....these are Zionist lies designed to justify the Israeli government's desire to start a war with Iran, it's Israel placing a timeline for war, not Iran. Please stop spewing your false war mongering to justify your blood lust.....and stop insulting our intellegence.
Why would China fly drones in international waters off NY? They can rent a private plane and fly just about wherever they want in American airspace. And you're a friggin' fool if you don't think that's already happening.
Its time to put sidewinder (air to air) missles on these Predator drones.
Yes, I totally agree.
Really? No way!
Uh, none of us can read that.