Conor Murray, Forbes Staff (live updates)
The U.S. military continued its search Saturday for a missing American pilot whose aircraft was shot down Friday by Iranian forces, one of two U.S. warplane crashes in the region, while Iran conducts a competing search as it urges locals through state media to find the “enemy pilot.” More...
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| Images of the alleged downed aircraft were circulated widely on social media |
US special forces enter Iran to rescue downed airman . . . "Instantly, anti-Maga social media lit up with memes contrasting Donald Trump’s claims with Tehran’s surprise success. With two-thirds of Americans in favour of ending the war fast, Trump’s enemies laughing at every pratfall and knives drawn between isolationist zealots and mainstream Republicans, the latest setback was seized as an emblem of failure.
"Yet it also cuts the other way. The lost airman has loomed large in the American psyche ever since the Vietnam War, when downed pilots were tortured in the notorious “Hanoi Hilton” jail. This catalysed the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action movement, with bracelets inscribed with the names of the missing becoming hugely popular. The black “you are not forgotten” flag, which emerged in the Vietnam era, flies above federal buildings to this day." . . .
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