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Old 11-09-2012, 12:42pm   #16
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Iran is the world's troll. My guess is they shoot at the drone, but don't hit it, intentionally to provoke an aggressive response. Shooting down the drone would cross the line; there's actual damage. If they shoot at the drone and get America to shoot back, you better believe there'd be "Great Western Satan Attacks Peaceful Muslim Country" headlines all over the place.

Saddam might have been using the same playbook thinking the other Muslim countries would come to his aid against the West after taunting the world with WMD threats.
Just another punk-assed tactic. The same way they harass our Navy using highly manuverable surface craft to race around our destroyers and other ships and pick at our 5-Inch/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun crews.

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