White House handling of drone should raise questions
According to Iranian
engineers, the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel drone
was captured by Iran through hacking its GPS system and
landing it safely intact. Just how significant this
event is will be played out as Iran ups the ante in its
nuclear, technological, and military advances and as it
ramps up its political rhetoric against Israel and the
US. But there is a question that should be asked by the
mainstream media, and it should be asked in the context
of the US involvement in radicalizing Arab states
surrounding Israel. Why didn't the man who occupies the
Oval Office insist this drone be destroyed before the
Iranians could dissect it?
He told reporters, "We have asked for it back. We'll see
how the Iranians respond." DEBKAfile reports that the
drone had a self destruct mechanism, but it was never
used. The president, according to the New York Times,
the Wall Street Journal and Fox News, weighed options to
recover or destroy the drone, but was "concerned such a
mission could be considered an act of war." This is all
pretty weak considering what is at stake with Israel,
Iran and the Middle East. Unless, of course, this White
House wanted Iran to have the drone and all of its high
tech spy technology. That would explain the drone being
essentially handed over to Iran.
DEBKAfile asks in its special report: "The enigmas
surrounding its capture continue to pile up. How did
Iran know the drone had entered its airspace? How was it
caused to land? Most of all, why did the craft's
self-destruct mechanism which is programmed to activate
automatically fail to work? And if it malfunctioned, why
was it not activated by remote control?" DEBKAfile
reports that the decision to not recover or destroy the
drone was not missed by Israeli security officials, who
have a lot at stake. Israel's perception is that the
decision was "symptomatic of a wider decision to call
off the covert war America has been conducting for some
months against Iran's drive for a nuclear bomb." The
State Department denies this.
DEBKAfile reported that a senior Israeli security
official summed it up: "...when it comes to Iran and its
nuclear program, the Obama administration and Israel
have different objectives. On this issue, each country
needs to go its own way." Given the support for
radicalizing the Middle East, the US partnership with
the terrorist sponsoring Muslim Brotherhood, and this
weak response to protecting a top secret spy plane, one
has to wonder what side this president is on. It's a
legitimate question no matter what your politics.
Ephesians 5: 6,7 says, "Let no man deceive you with vain
words: for because of these things comes the wrath of
God upon the children of disobedience. Be ye not
therefore partakers with them." Ask the questions, act
accordingly.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!