The controversy over the downed US spy plane in Afghanistan continues, with different explanations for why the plane crashed.
What is incontrovertible however is that the plane crashed in Taliban-controlled territory and that it would be extremely dangerous for US forces to go there, whether by land or by helicopter.
Now the Pentagon is claiming that it has recovered the bodies and black box from the site.
As reported by 21stCenturyWire:
Yesterday, US officials announced their successful reconnaissance mission to the crash site for USAF Bombardier E-11A spy plane recently downed over Taliban-controlled Ghazni province in Afghanistan.
U.S. military command in Kabul claim to have recovered the bodies of two U.S. service members on Tuesday of this week, from the site of an American surveillance plane crash in Taliban-controlled territory in Afghanistan.
In addition, they have indicated that to the flight data recorder was also retrieved from the crash site, but that the plane’s remains were destroyed.
The US say the cause of the crash is unknown and deny any Taliban involvement, stating that, “there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire.”
However, there seems to be much more to this story than the Pentagon is letting on. The trepidation we’re seeing could be for a number of obvious reasons, either strategic or political…
As 21stCenturyWire points out, there is something not quite right about this story.
The Pentagon is basically asking us to believe that US forces landed safely and completely unmolested in the area, and then had all the time they needed to recover the bodies. Furthermore, according to a statement from U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, were..."treated with dignity and respect by the local Afghan community, in accordance with their culture."
The Pentagon is basically asking us to believe that US forces landed safely and completely unmolested in the area, and then had all the time they needed to recover the bodies. Furthermore, according to a statement from U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, were..."treated with dignity and respect by the local Afghan community, in accordance with their culture."
Oh, yeh, and there were only two people on the plane. This make of spy plane typically has a 4-man flight crew (2 is a minimum crew) and carries 8-19 other personnel.
How stupid do they think the average American is?
For an intelligent person with some knowledge of the war in Afghanistan, this bullshit is laughable. It is obviously part of a desperate attempt at "narrative control" by the Trump/ Deep State Administration that now runs America.
With the US trying to face down Iran in Iraq and pushing a fake Palestinian-Israeli Peace Deal that is designed to fail in order to prop up the faltering position of its closest ally Benjamin Netanyahu, the last thing the US needs is a "bad optics" incident in Afghanistan that ups the pressure for a speedy pull-out.
The most likely explanation here is that the US probably bribed the local Taliban warlord with a shitload of cash -- and possibly weapons too -- in order to be allowed onto the crash site without sustaining even more casualties.
By claiming to have retrieved the black box, the US military can now cook up a susequent story that the plane wasn't shot down at all, and instead just decided to dive into the ground for no reason whatsoever or through engine failure.
Yes, nothing to see here. Just the usual skulduggery that the Deep State and US Empire is already world famous for.
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