A definition of IranyFollow

U.S. officials considered conducting a covert mission inside Iran to retrieve or destroy a stealth drone that crashed late last week, but ultimately concluded such a secret operation wasn't worth the risk of provoking a more explosive clash with Tehran, a U.S. official said.
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Initially, officials in Washington didn't believe Iran had detected the drone crash.

The stealth drone was developed for the Air Force, but was flying under the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency when its remote pilots lost control of it late last week, said several U.S. officials.

The officials considered various options for retrieving the wreckage of the RQ-170 drone.

Under one plan, a team would be sent to retrieve the aircraft. U.S. officials considered both sending in a team of American commandos based in Afghanistan as well as using allied agents inside Iran to hunt down the downed aircraft.

Another option would have had a team sneak in to blow up the remaining pieces of the drone. A third option would have been to destroy the wreckage with an airstrike.

However, the officials worried that any option for retrieving or destroying the drone would have risked discovery by Iran.

"No one warmed up to the option of recovering it or destroying it because of the potential it could become a larger incident," the U.S. official said.

If an assault team entered the country to recover or destroy the drone, the official said, the U.S. "could be accused of an act of war" by the Iranian government.

Some officials argued in private meetings that because the drone crashed in a remote part of eastern Iran, it might never be discovered, and therefore, leaving the remains where they were could be the safest option.

We can go into Pakistan without their knowledge to kill someone

yes when your ally is harboring an enemy you told the world 10 years earlier that you would get, and told the world that if your harbor these people that the US and Coalition of the Willing will come get them.

So Obama's solution is to pretend it never happened. Some leadership.

So Obama's solution is to pretend it never happened. Some leadership.

I would say Iranians keeping our drone was the act to start a war; not sending in an air strike to take out our lost tech.

No. He chose incorrectly. Conflict with Iran is nearly inevitable at this point. Assuming we actually don't want them to be able to build nukes that is.

If they choose war, then we toss some airstrikes their way, just happen to blast their nuclear production sites to the stone age, then ask them if they want another round.

Tommy Franks called he wants his Iraq war strategy back.