Obama Rejected Numerous Proposals to Retrieve Lost U.S. Drone: Officials Confirm Authenticity of Iranian TV Images Showing Drone

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Apart from the obvious — Islamic Iran, China and Russia now have state-of-the-art stealth technology and we lose a killer app in the war against the enemies of freedom, the most troubling aspect of this story is that Obama had a window of opportunity to retrieve the critical intelligence gathering drone and rejected it. He left it there for the murdering mullahs.

With early knowledge that the aircraft had likely remained intact, the senior U.S. official also told Fox News that President Obama was presented with three separate options for retrieving or destroying the drone. The president ultimately decided not to proceed with any of the plans because it could have been seen as an act of war.

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Obama goes into Libya and worries not about "declarations of war" or Congressional approval. He supports the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in their overthrow of our thirty-year ally, Mubarak. And last month, he arbitrarily decided (without Congressional approval) to send troops to the jungles of Uganda. Our boys and girls should not, I repeat, should not be in the jungles of Africa. Fatal foreign policy. But clearly, Obama is not worried about the "perception of war."

Iran sees everything as an act of war. That is the rhetoric in which they trade. But giving Iran, Russia and China our drone technology is far more damaging than the war of words the jihadists have been engaging in for decades.

Obama's decision not to retrieve one of our most important cutting-edge weapons in the war on the global jihad was an attack on America. The commander-in-chief is not on our side. Think about that.

Officials Confirm Authenticity of Iranian TV Images Showing Lost U.S. Drone By FOX News

U.S. officials have confirmed to Fox News that images aired by Iranian state television do in fact show the secret U.S. drone that went down last week in eastern Iran. 

"Yep, that's it," one senior official told Fox News. "And it's intact." 

U.S. officials had been expecting the video to appear. The footage, which shows the aircraft intact, confirms the Iranians have custody of the drone but appears to refute Iranian claims that it shot down the RQ-170 drone.  

With early knowledge that the aircraft had likely remained intact, the senior U.S. official also told Fox News that President Obama was presented with three separate options for retrieving or destroying the drone. The president ultimately decided not to proceed with any of the plans because it could have been seen as an act of war, the official told Fox News. 

Among the options the U.S. considered were sending in a special-ops team to retrieve the drone; sending in a team to blow up the aircraft; and launching an airstrike to destroy it. 

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NATO initially said the drone may have been one that was flying a mission over western Afghanistan before operators "lost control" of it. Officials have since acknowledged that the drone was part of a joint CIA-military reconnaissance mission. 

One official told Fox News on Thursday that the incident is a huge loss and makes the top-secret helicopter tail lost during the Usama bin Laden raid in Pakistan "look like a pittance." The official said there are real fears the Iranians will share this technology with the Russians and the Chinese, in addition to using it themselves. 

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armaros
armaros
12 years ago

This guy is madness embodied.
He is in the service of our enemies.
Question:
How come this drone is not damaged at all?
Did the Iranians manage to take control of it and landed it?
How can anything crash so far down and not look damaged?

Richard
Richard
12 years ago

Yeah, what he said: who frigging landed it? This is mega-huge. It will be played down by the media, but look at that drone. It’s probably the most sophisticated one we have. The other drones look like a wind-up plane compared to that beauty. It’s a mini-me of the B2. I can’t believe he wouldn’t go retrieve or destroy it. Hell, we sent boys into Cambodia just to blow up downed helicopters and lost ordnance. He is so unfit words fail me.

Richard
Richard
12 years ago

Another thought, we just gave them an unearned means of weapons delivery that we will pay for. The twerp who thought he was going to fly C4 into the White House could have made it happen with this drone. They should have gone after the drone while O was golfing and asked for forgiveness later. Sh*t.

Chrissy Lee
Chrissy Lee
12 years ago

What more proof do we need that Obama is doing everything he can to destroy America (the west)? Is there no kill switch/self-destruct button on the drone?? It must be bloody painful for the honorable Secret Service to guard this traitor day after day.

EnoughIsEnough
EnoughIsEnough
12 years ago

This thing is supposed to be flying at 50,000 feet.
How in the hell did it come down intact?
I smell a rat.
Someone flew this thing to the ground…not a scratch on it that I can see.
What the hell is going on?

prestigio
prestigio
12 years ago

this would be treason
but for one element
it is impossible to prove
that b.o. plenty
is a citizen

Kufar Dawg
Kufar Dawg
12 years ago

I wonder if some our “loyal” muslime armed services personnel might have had something to do with this.

Anneke9
Anneke9
12 years ago

I agree with Chrissy Lee. Doesn’t look like it’s been shot down or crashed. Was it “delivered” by a traitor?

JewishOdysseus
JewishOdysseus
12 years ago

I’ve said it before: treason masquerading as incompetence, or indecision:
“With early knowledge that the aircraft had likely remained intact, the senior U.S. official also told Fox News that President Obama was presented with three separate options for retrieving or destroying the drone. The president ultimately decided not to proceed with any of the plans because it could have been seen as an act of war.”
He IS the Manchurian President. If we don’t oust him next year, we will need our own Pentagon Pinochet to save our country. Obama is following the Salvador Allende model, believe it.

Sic
Sic
12 years ago

Delivered by a traitor…. God help us all…

shishka bob
shishka bob
12 years ago

Orotten is giving our hard-won technological advances away to ENEMIES of democracy. He and his gangster cohorts must be punished for this crime (and to be sure that’s what it is…a crime). He has damaged the entiore world’s future (look what that bastard did to Kenya in 3006, which is his home country for god’s sake). He is humanity’s nightmare come to life.

The Watcher
The Watcher
12 years ago

Obama couldn’t just hand one over, folks (at least, not openly)…that’s why we’re hearing it ‘crashed’.

waaayy past pist
waaayy past pist
12 years ago

it could have been seen as an act of war
i got an act of war for ya, ya America-hating fn jackass.

D. Sanchez
D. Sanchez
12 years ago

Dear Iran,
Pay no attention to Admiral Ackbar. He always overreacts.
It’s definitely not a trap.
Love,
The CIA

Choi
Choi
12 years ago

There is NO doubt that the drone was COMMANDEERED while in flight.
The 850 pound gorilla that the media and THE ADMINISTRATION have NOTHING to say about.
Did Iran manage to breach state of the art technology and actually HIJACK the drone(how scary is that thought?) electronically?
Did an American TRAITOR “lose control” and Iranian Cyber Warfare specialists just happened to “coincidentally” ,just then,take control?
Beyond Scary on so MANY levels.
And, it’s IMPOSSIBLE to believe that there is no Self-Destruction device that would be programmed if U.S. Control was lost.
As far as him NOT ACTING to recover or destroy for the “excuse” he gives,someone ought to tell him that AIR PIRACY is an ACT of WAR,especially since it obviously had a CONTROLLED safe landing as proof.

Paul B.
Paul B.
12 years ago

0 has always been deferential to the Iranian regime, from his campaign in which he maintained he would sit down with them, to ignoring the Green Revolution’s window of opportunity, to this. He was committed, even from the submission speech in Cairo, to “respecting” Islam and putting America on good terms with the Islamic world. Look what it’s gotten us: neither security nor the appreciation of our enemies.
That is one beautiful bird. Sad to see it in the hands of those who would destroy us.

Person of the Book
Person of the Book
12 years ago

Time for the impeachment of Obama. But I doubt the GOP has the spine to do something like that.

Bohemond_1096
Bohemond_1096
12 years ago

Pamela, why didn’t Iran just go to Wikipedia?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentinel

Judi
Judi
12 years ago

@Person of the Book – I agree – if this isn’t a reason I don’t know what is!!

whatdemocracy
whatdemocracy
12 years ago

what i cannot understand is why the congress isn´t being pummeled by amerians to impeach.so many acts of high treason have been committed…yet nothing but verbal anger…

KKKK
KKKK
12 years ago

this is truly a shame moment for all of us true Americans. our stooge-in-chief is behaving more like a dictator and eneemy every day, while our encomy is shacking, our allies are in dire need and not getting our assistance-in fact, are getting shoved down the drain, and these wild leftists now room the streets calling themselves “OCCUPY WALL STREET Movement.” and dont forget that our political leadership is in neeed of A HUGE overhall as well. hope we can do better after we elecet a new president in 2012.

Frank
Frank
12 years ago

No self distruct on the drone, only if you think everybody in the school yard is you friend and will not harm you. Could this have started with Clinton/Loran selling military info to China? “But it will only be used for civilian purposes” said Clinton.
Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Give Up

Badger O Stripey One
Badger O Stripey One
12 years ago

Why was this state of the art drone not fitted with enough explosives to wipe out all the technicians, scientists and politicians that were bound to crowd round it at some time? It’s not beyond the capability of your military to figure something out that would trigger it at the right moment?
Hey! I just got an idea…!

Clit Beastwood
Clit Beastwood
12 years ago

Obama is going to bring down the entire western world. I can’t even say that “bring down” is the correct term. It’s probably more correct to say “give away” to his Islamic fellows. At this point I don’t think that there is any doubt about Obama being a Muslim, America hating piece of shit. The only question is how fast the American people can stand up and get this guy out of office. Whether or not it will be too late to save the western world.

Nat's daughter
Nat's daughter
12 years ago

Agree with all the posts. obama must go. I hope and pray we can survive until the next election. I fear that the shit will hit the fan this year and that POS will try to declare Marshall Law.

PBirman
PBirman
12 years ago

Iran – and Islam – are at war with America. America is not at war with Iran and Islam.
They win.

mk750
mk750
12 years ago

choi, that is supposedly what happened. I didn’t save the link unfortunately but someone posted on my FB page from one of the Jewish blogs that they managed to hack into the guidance systems and hijack the drone. Some research on the web should find the info. I don’t have time. Here in Israel we light candles in just a few minutes.

Rubio4u
Rubio4u
12 years ago

Well, well, well, another “offering” to so called enemies? Who’s enemies and for what reasons? Look, let’s put things in perspective, the merchants of death, yeah those guys, the ones that sell weapons to anyone regardless of whom they are. This an “offering” because if these soul-less savages did not intend the Iranians to have this technology they never would have had it in the first place. For folks that got an understanding on how these things work only need to look at some of our best corporations in technology and automobile industry, the financiers, bankers, scientists and what they did for the Nazi war machine! As for the “presstitutes” in the media? I do not give a damn what they say or write because they are nothing more than whores for the elites!Neither should you!

poetcomic1
poetcomic1
12 years ago

To be oblique I’m thinking about lamp-posts. Lots of them.

fern
fern
12 years ago

If true, then Obama should be arrested. The man is not fit to be sitting in your WH. He is a traitor (but then we already knew this from the onset). What more must happen until the USA folk wake-up and demand this pos to step down?
I’m amazed that thousands can turn out on the streets in support of the OWS, yet thousands upon thousands of you stay at home whilst this man slowly and quite blatantly dismantles your country right in front of your eyes. Skewed or what!

KC
KC
12 years ago

@Badger
My thoughts exactly.
I can’t believe there isn’t a trigger someone can touch and blow the drone and everyone within a hundred miles up in smoke.
I don’t believe the Iranheads are smart enough to hack-in to the guidance system. Thats to obvious. Me thinks another country did and landed it in their backyard.
And Obama knows who did it. Rat Bastard Traitor!

aprilnovember811
aprilnovember811
12 years ago

Why isn’t someone doing something about the infiltrator in the White House. If they can’t see that he’s an enemy now, I truly don’t know what it will take for them to see. He’s a Muslim Brotherhood operative. I’m not stupid.
“The official said there are real fears the Iranians will share this technology with the Russians and the Chinese, in addition to using it themselves.”
You have got to be kidding me. I hope Zero is hung!

armaros
armaros
12 years ago

Obama wants to help …”those left behind”… by the progress of capitalism.
That is the Chinese and the Russians.
He wants to redistribute technology and know how to the “less fortunate”.
I seriously hope that this drone is programmed to blow up when some high ranking Iranian official gets close to it.
Iran said it “shot down” a drone.
This thing doesn’t look like it was shot at …. Not from these pics anyway.
This was landed safely or captured in the air with some net or maybe landed in water. Even then there should be damage. No plane can withstand a crash without a scratch.
I smell fishy…

armaros
armaros
12 years ago

“I don’t believe the Iranheads are smart enough to hack-in to the guidance system. Thats to obvious. Me thinks another country did and landed it in their backyard.”
Probably.
I smell Russia and China… China owns the Dems and Russia is still the most powerful enemy of the USA. Even after the appeasement Obama accorded to them.

if i remember right
if i remember right
12 years ago

geez, when the clintons sold (allegedly) all that rocket and missile guidence technology to the chinese, at least they got a half million dollar donation to the DNC… no, wait, when they gave the money the back to china, then they really got it for free too, didn’t they?
big time wealth redistribution by the grave one

guest
guest
12 years ago

This drone landed, it wasn’t shot down. Since Obama took office i have been concerned over the state secret’s leaked to our enemies.I and million’s of american’s suspect he gave Iran this drone.We know Valarie Jarret was born in Iran and lived there for 5 years in which she said were the best yr’s of her life.We know she is into the Muslim brotherhood.Did she/obama hand over drone? This is more than serious!

Lynda Sumners
Lynda Sumners
12 years ago

Question; Why wasn’t a destruct mechanism installed on the drone? When can destruct mechanism’s be added to all of the drones??

cedarbark
cedarbark
12 years ago

1964, Mission Impossible tv show, the stupid tape recorder self destructs…don’t you think they’d have that technology in 2011?

ApolloSpeaks
ApolloSpeaks
12 years ago

CAPTURED DRONE SPY PLANE IS OBAMA’S U2 WITHOUT A GARY POWERS, AN OMINOUS SIGN
Click my name and blogsite for the article

Walt Hutchens
Walt Hutchens
12 years ago

Internal destructor devices were standard in secret aircraft equipment from pre-WW II. These were automatically triggered by impact and reduced the equipment to glowing ash within a minute. It’s inconceivable that this drone didn’t have them; that reinforces the conclusion that it was landed ‘normally.’ However I’d expect the drone data links to be strongly enough encrypted as to make that impossible.
Not destroying it post-landing is inexcusable.
The reason to not impeach O’Fraud now is that it would be impossible to get him gone before the election anyway, the Senate (which tries impeachments) is still in Democratic hands, so it might not convict, and impeaching him might well give him just enough of a bump with his core supporters to get him reelected.
If he is reelected, that calculation changes and we should make an all out effort.
Between now and then, don’t just preach to the choir but work to convince others to vote Republican regardless of the name next to that box. Yeah, there’s a lot of candidates I don’t care for too, but none of them hates America as our president does.

ivan jerkinhoff
ivan jerkinhoff
12 years ago

this drone was flown to safety in iran by a double agent that has infiltrated the military.
interesting how it happened after a successful drone strike.
interesting how the members of seal team six were killed in a chopper attack after getting binny.
obumer is the enemy

Chicago Nick
Chicago Nick
12 years ago

2 words for this traitor and obvious Islamic mole and that is this: KENNEDY Option.

Chicago Nick
Chicago Nick
12 years ago

THE only reason China is where it is today is CLINTON and CAMPAIGN Contributions for military secrets….the only reason IRAN is where it is today is because of OTraitor. Enough said about the ‘party of peace’. They’re all traitors to the American way and should be treated as such as soon as this top traitor is disposed of at the ballot box.
If he’s not, kiss this country and then the globe good freaking bye. If you still have liberal friends in your lives, cut em off like me and my friends have done until they sober up and change their minds about this obvious foreign mole in the white house.

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