Iran has prepared for a war with the US for decades. Unlike members here, it doesnt deal in emotions. It deals in strategy.
Capturing the pilot would have been nice, but how are you going to find a needle in a haystack? Iran is a humonous country. Even if the crash site was known. The pilot had a beacon which made his coordinates known to the US.
And people painting a doomsday scenario on the account of the US supposedly managing to have a forward base in Esfahan.
Are people looking at the same photos as I am? US aircraft obliterated.
Im not buying this "stuck in sand" story. So many gaping holes in that theory. You're meaning to tell me the US was unlucky enough to have two of its aircraft stuck?
Judging from the photos, that sand looks rather packed and solid.
Devoting precious military resources for a hopeless manhunt on one crew member, for the sake of (in the grand scheme of things) a small tactical victory, would have diverted attention away from the overarching goal.
Im pretty sure the mission was not the success media is portraying. We dont have all the information, and we may never have it.
Some people here just post in affect. Not healthy for you, this war will be for the long haul. Chill down, or just divorce yourselves emotionally from this war. Otherwise you're gonna have a tough period of months (potentially longer).