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Originally posted by muse7
Lol
By adding "-gate" to everything, it really shows how desperate you people really are.
Here's a little factoid for you.
When helicopters suffer a mechanical malfunction while in flight, they tend to come down and crash and depending on the altitude and speed that the helicopter was going the occupants might not survive.
But I know that you get off on the impeachment porn that right wing blogs keep feeding you.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by FlyersFan
Obama-gate. The man is a walking conspiracy theory. Funny how he said he'd have the most transparent administration and what we finally have is secrets and lies and obfuscation and blame.
Oh what interesting times we live in!
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by NavyDoc
They ambushed the helicopter and fired at it from above and het sides - they used at least 2 RPG's as well as other weapons, and it doesn't matter whether they were guided or not - as long as 1 RPG hit the chopper was in trouble - and maybe even if none hit.
Read the articles linked to in the post I made immediately before yours.edit on 23-5-2013 by Aloysius the Gaul because: (no reason given)
Control your ridicule slick I said nothing about an RPG not being able to hit an helicopter in flight I was suggesting all things being equal pilots being capable nothing would have much chance. That being said I would think the Chinook would have just veered away or the RPG round only having a range of 1100 meters would flown above it but this is all speculation................anything is possible if all you want to do is argue.
Originally posted by ShadeWolf
reply to post by Battleline
All that tech is designed to defeat advanced MANPADS missiles, something like an FIM-92 or an Igla. The insurgent's weapon of choice, the RPG-7 is an unguided rocket that's not much different from something you'd see in WWII. The only way to avoid an unguided rocket is either to shoot it down (HELLADS-style) or physically dodge it.
And cut the garbage about an RPG not being able to hit a helicopter in flight. It's happened several times, especially when the helo in question is as ungainly and slow as a Chinook.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Just some information about SEAL Teams... Each SEAL Team has about 200 members. And even FOX says the people who died in the helicopter crash were not the same people who executed the raid on Bin Laden's compound.
Three months after bin Laden’s death, members of the SEAL Team 6 force -- though apparently not the same ones who carried out the bin Laden raid -- were on board the CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter, along with its Army National Guard aircrew, several support personnel and seven Afghan commandos.
People in the military die. In helicopter accidents. I'm not sure I see the conspiracy.edit on 5/23/2013 by Benevolent Heretic because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by redtic
But you *want* it to be true, now don't you?? This is getting tiresome..
Don't tell me what I want and don't want. You have no clue.
Originally posted by muse7
By adding "-gate" to everything, it really shows how desperate you people really are.
No matter how much you call others 'desperate' .. that doesn't make it true.
Obama is up to his eyeballs in scandal and illegal activities all around him.
That's the truth of the matter.
The messiah has no halo ... his horns are showing.
Deal with it.
Originally posted by Skada
I had a weird *Blip* thought. What if the General was one of the people in the "Coverup Crowd" and was keeping this administration from being "the most transparent administration"? I have no proof, just a thought that popped into my head.
Originally posted by blamethegreys
Just dropping into the thread, had a thought as folks discuss the feasibility of the RPG hit,:
Maybe they were taken out by one the alleged State Dept. Stingers? Hmmmm?
That fact would certainly make this shoot-down scenario VERY worthy of a cover-up...
pjmedia.com...
Originally posted by InhaleExhale
reply to post by FlyersFan
The question mark on the end doesn't make it a question.
This is a new conspiracy theory I haven't heard of yet, please continue as I am
I thought that in the English language when a sentence is written and finishes of with a question mark it makes it question, You know because of the ?