Looks like Iran hacked into US drone

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there was been rumors on national security sites for the past several months that US drones were infected with a virus that was capturing a log of commands....and now it appears (due to the excellent condition of the captured US drone) that Iran took control of the drone and landed it safely.

Not sure if Iran hacked it, or had help from another entity like Russia or China...but it appears US systems have been compromised.

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the WSJ reported the Obama Administration drew up plans to retreive the drone, but decided against it.

big mistake!

...all told, a Israel-Iran war before the end of Winter looks increasingly likely. 

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yeah, and have wanted to do so for years...and the sooner the better.

I even thought that is what B43 was setting up for with his invasion of Iraq in 2003, which is the only reason I supported the invasion in the first place.

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the longer we put it off, the worse it is going to be

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the longer we put it off, the worse it is going to be

Yeah, jmfcst, it works like a pudding, you see? If you first eat the untasty greens(or do you call them vegetables?) of lip service to international law and humanitarianism, the sweet delightfull pie of mass murder and messing up the evil mussulmen real bad is going to taste even sweeter!

sometimes war is not only unavoidable, it is necessary...anyone with half a brain understands this war has been inevitable since 1979.

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destruction of the West has been the intention of the Iranian leadership since 1979...it's what they have claimed all along, and it is what they have been working towards all along.

It's what they want and have always wanted, and there is no way to stop them from starting a war.  They will do so when the time is right for them.  The question for us is whether we go to war on their timetable or on ours.  And the longer we wait, the more we'll be fighting on their timetable.

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Look for Israel to force Obama's hand in the next couple of months.  If Obama doesn't want to go along (which he almost assuredly won't), the Jews will go without him.

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Call me crazy, but I think they had the right to do it. We were flying a drone over their airspace, plain and simple.

of course Iran had the right to take action if we fly over their territory...that's not the question.

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Jmf, you are very cavalier in calling for a war.  Can you list your reasons as to why we should resort to force now? Can you do this without using Israel as a justification?

Isreal can take care of itself...and I haven't used Israel as a jsutification.

If we, the US, fight the war now on our terms, we have a better chance at limiting it and thus causing less damage to the flow of oil and the overall economy.

We should take out their airforce, navy, and heavy equipment of their army...bomb their nuclear infrastructure to dust, then go home.  I'm not interested in occupying them.

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You don't have the best track record when it comes to predicting imminent wars

such as...?