Are you sure this from the Iranian state run TV or just taking the report at face value even? Why would this not get run on Press TV if indeed it fooled the Iranians? This is just full of holes and the Arabic speaking sniper a blatant giveaway. I can imagine some guys in Langley laughing their heads off by the gullibility of the public. Call it Iranian and the public is prepared to put aside any evidence not to believe the worst! But this one really takes the biscuit.
Really at the very least I would have expected the government to get the right lingo used? The video is completely in Arabic. Would you spot a guy talking French when it's meant to be an American sniper in combat? Why would Iranians think they could fool their own people by having someone talking Arabic when he is meant to be an Iranian? Its just not plausible.
Absolutely. There is reason why journalists are now listed as enemy combatants practically. They are really in the way military sees them even if they doing it all according to the book. The savagery often shocks the most ardent supporter of war into saying enough is enough when the basis for military action is not altogether solid.
Why not quite? Are you saying talking French is the same as talking English?!
Primary source as in a rinsing news agency! You call me a conspiracy theorist as if it's a dreadful insult. Surely you realise every item here is in essence a theory unless it a direct observation? What none sense is all that about?
I think you miss my point. This was not intended or directed at a western audience. Remember Iran had elections just a week ago. What would make the hardliners look bad other than some fake footage that gets exposed just before voting? It just gets picked up by various news agencies and re-reported as real news in US for example. There is little incentive for either party to deny or at least indicate it might be true. As per observed lack of crowing from the Iranians or indeed the US side. But I bet you it will be sited as a whole army of politicians to illustrate how stupid Iranians or Hisbualhis are when it needs to be brought up.
Why would you think it was directed at a US audience?!
This 'public' disagreement is very puzzling because both stand to lose most because it is public. Have things changed that much that it's become ever so public because it is to the public interest?
What if you wanted to convince everyone that Apple phones were not accessible to governmental snooping. How would you do that?!
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Primary source as in a rinsing news agency! You call me a conspiracy theorist as if it's a dreadful insult. Surely you realise every item here is in essence a theory unless it a direct observation? What none sense is all that about?
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Why would you think it was directed at a US audience?!
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This 'public' disagreement is very puzzling because both stand to lose most because it is public. Have things changed that much that it's become ever so public because it is to the public interest?
What if you wanted to convince everyone that Apple phones were not accessible to governmental snooping. How would you do that?!
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