US president says although the pilots were rescued, Washington 'must, of necessity, respond to this attack'.

President Donald Trump has accused Iran of shooting down a United States military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, saying that he will respond to the attack.

“I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.

“There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”

  • DisasterTransport@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    I know it’s a distraction but I abhor the way the man speaks.

    “I was informed this morning by the joint chiefs of staff that at so and so time in such and such operating theater we lost communication with blahblah asset. All US service members were recovered safely with no loss of life. We are committed to peace, but if this was, as we believe it to be, a violation of the ceasefire agreement, this provocation cannot go unanswered. I am urgently seeking communications with the leadership of the IRGC and am directing our forces in the region to move to a state of enhanced readiness.”

    • serious
    • sounds like something a Sorkin character would say
    • leaves diplomatic buffer in case it turns out something other than an Iranian missile caused the loss of equipment

    “Army told me IRAN shot down our very fancy helicopter in operating theater, amazing pilots safe but now im mad. I’m gonna bomb them back >:( >:( >:(”

    • unserious
    • less room for backtracking
    • sounds fucking stupid
    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      He says “Great Military” as if it’s an official name with capital letters and all. It’s hillarious