@Osint613 A ceasefire remains in effect; if Iran dares to open fire, U.S. forces can resume bombing at any moment; conversely, if they do not dare to fire, the current blockade situation places Iran at a severe disadvantage.
@AV1095535852403 @BudLightSadness The U.S. military penetrated over 400 km deep into Iranian territory—in broad daylight—and successfully retrieved their pilot without suffering a single casualty. Iran, meanwhile, sustained heavy losses and came away with nothing but a pair of underpants.
@Arrogance_0024 If the U.S. military considered a few aircraft too expensive, they wouldn't have gone to rescue them. Since they are undertaking the rescue, a few hundred million dollars' worth of equipment is a trivial matter.
@Ellie668of@Osint613 It was, of course, a very clever move—because the actual rescue site was located near Isfahan, 400 kilometers from Iraq, whereas the location publicized by the CIA was merely 150 to 200 kilometers from the Iraqi border.
@XdMabi@Amena__Bakr As long as Israel remains in the Middle East, peace there is impossible; this trouble is, at its root, Truman's doing, and every U.S. president since him has been left to clean up his mess.
@DoggyDog1208@SeattleIndepen1 Iran cannot even hit an F/A-18 flying at ultra-low altitudes; their capabilities are inferior even to those of the Iraqi military during the Saddam era.