Iran shot down Apache helicopter

[SamuelTheThird]

trumpo is vowing a 'response'.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Well

We shouldn't have started a war there in the first place! WTF did he expect them to do, throw peanuts at it?

[sop]

2. "The White House did not immediately respond to a request for additional context on any planned response.

Trump’s social media post came in stark contrast to his optimism Tuesday morning that a peace agreement with Tehran could be reached within days. The president told reporters that 'we’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal.' " - Politico

Yeah, it looks like Trump's "very, very good deal" really is in its "final throes."

I don't think Trump knows what the phrase "final throes" actually means. It refers to "the last, intensely difficult, and often painful stages of a struggle or the end of a process right before it collapses, fails, or comes to an end."

[DFW]

6. I caught that, too.

The man’s grasp of English is no more solid than his grasp of anything else, women’s private parts excepted.

[sop]

8. Trump's in his final throes...

Orrex will rejoice.

[DFW]

9. Or maybe the M&Ms (Musk and Miller) will turn him into El Cid

Bring out his mummified body at a distance, and let the Maggots cheer, play a few well-edited video clips, and pretend he’s spouting his nonsense as uadual. Who would notice the difference? Not Fox. Not CBS.

[dalton99a]

3. Probably Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555

Iran may have used Chinese missile to shoot down U.S. fighter jet, sources say
China may also have provided Iran with a long-range early-warning radar that spots stealth aircraft meant to evade detection, people familiar with the matter tell NBC News
May 29, 2026, 5:05 PM CDT
By Dan De Luce, Courtney Kube, Katherine Doyle and Gordon Lubold

WASHINGTON — The F-15 fighter that was shot down over southwestern Iran last month and set off a dangerous rescue mission was probably struck by a Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile, three people with knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

In the early days of the conflict, China also may have provided Iran with a long-range early-warning radar that spots stealth aircraft that are meant to evade detection, according to one of the people and a U.S. official with knowledge of the matter.

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[Ars Longa]

4. Wait.........I thought we won 3 months ago?

[Sequoia]

5. In two weeks?

[nitpicked]

7. Trump says US 'must' respond after Iran shot down US Army helicopter near Strait of Hormuz

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-ceasefire-helicopter-hezbollah-israel-9-june-2026-50d7a8ecbb2cf33836af152679adb40e

President Donald Trump blamed Iran for shooting down a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and said the United States must respond to the attack.

In the first known operation of its kind by the American military, a drone boat rescued the two aviators who were aboard the Apache attack helicopter when it went down near the critical shipping lane that Iran has effectively closed during its war with the U.S. and Israel.

Trump said in a social media post that military officials told him “the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters.” He added that both service members “are safe and uninjured.”

“Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack,” Trump wrote.
(snip)

[City Lights]

10. They managed to do this with their "obliterated" military.

Very, very interesting...