U.S. fighter jet shot down: One crew member rescued, other alive in Iran, sources say
www.axios.com
It would be the first time since the beginning of the war that a U.S. jet was downed by enemy fire.
  • Decq@lemmy.world
    3616·
    2 days ago

    Why search? They are a traitors to their country. If they were real protectors of their nation they would be flying that jet over the white house.

    • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
      388·
      2 days ago

      Don’t let the haters get you down, you’re 100% right to take this stance

      I can’t wait for all the “but they have families” bs…anyone who flies for the team bombing elementary schools, civilian infrastructure and cultural historical sites, I’m going to celebrate being shot down.

      You know things are fucking bad when people are morally compelled to cheer for the fucking Iranian regime.

      • Decq@lemmy.world
        287·
        2 days ago

        I expected the downvotes. Too many americans are so brainwashed to never criticize their troops and are blind to the propaganda they been fed every day since elementary school. Can we really blame them for actually believing it and not having a proper moral compass? I don’t know, but the glorification of the military over there is absolutely disgusting.

        • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
          175·
          2 days ago

          It’s true it’s cultural indoctrination, but at this point there’s no sympathy here. The indoctrination and dumbifying of the American population is in itself a national crime against humanity.

          There is enough objectively reliable information out there and our brains have more than enough capability of understanding right from wrong and raising ourselves above tribalism… if one can’t do that for whatever reason, then they don’t deserve defending from the consequences. Ignorance is not a defense, if I recall correctly.

          So I’m with you. Fuck those pilots.

    • Carmakazi@piefed.socialEnglish
      913·
      1 day ago

      Downvoting not because of the celebration of death, but because of the assertion that they are traitors.

      They are categorically not traitors. They are following orders from a military headed by a democratically-elected government. To disobey those orders, let alone turn their weapons against our government would be treason.

      Traitors to humanity and decency, yes. But not to the United States. Racism, empire, and brutality are not “UnAmerican.” To pretend that this isn’t what we are is a pointless, false platitude grounded in propaganda that we’ve been fed since we were children. If Americans want to be better, then we need to undergo complete transformation, not just course correction. And part of that has to be letting go of these warped, atrophied feelings of patriotism for an ideal that doesn’t and largely has never existed.