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.”

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I believe it’s above Hormuz but the US has been launching missiles at Iran from that location so it’s a bit iffy. Iran claims to own Hormuz so from that perspective Iran is in their right.

    But let’s be honest, international law is fake and rights don’t exist. Else we wouldn’t have a war with Iran to begin with seeing how bombing their country isn’t exactly legal.

    The only question posed to Trump is “whaddayagunnadoaboudit”