US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images

Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by Esophagus4 on Friday April 03, 2026 @04:33PM (#47631887)

I also think there was an initial “euphoria” (I guess) during the initial days of the campaign.

People I know (even Iranian expats) were excited to see the regime get hammered and there was hope for possibility of change (and also a little bloodlust)… but I think as the war drags on and the US is exposed to be in an un-winnable mess, sentiment will continue to sour.

This has already started to happen in Nate Silver’s post you linked.

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Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by HarHarVeryFunny on Friday April 03, 2026 @07:35PM (#47633752)

Trump has been talking about destroying Iranian desalination plants, and "bombing the country back to the stone age". This is no surgical decapitation strike, nor one just targetting Iran's military capabilities. This is a vicious senile old man living out his dictator "I can do anything I like" fantasies, who could care less about helping the Iranian people, or those in America for that matter.

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Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by lejalv on Friday April 03, 2026 @10:16PM (#47634978)

I am shocked that the Democrats are not making clear to the military that engaging in crimes against humanity may have consequences for them -- not to speak, of course, of politicians higher up in the chain of command.

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Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by dredmorbius on Friday April 03, 2026 @11:03PM (#47635253)

Several have (Deluzio, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, and Houlahan), Nov 2025:

<https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/joint-stateme...>

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Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by 7sigma on Saturday April 04, 2026 @02:55AM (#47636571)

Because a lot of the democrats are basically controlled opposition and need to please their MIC and Israeli donors

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Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by BigTTYGothGF on Saturday April 04, 2026 @11:02AM (#47639637)

> I am shocked

You shouldn't be, especially considering that Schumer and Durbin both voted for the Hague Invasion Act.

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Re:US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran rele... by aaa_aaa on Saturday April 04, 2026 @03:17AM (#47636707)

He is simply doing israels bidding.

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