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Comte de Sats Germain | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Above the water at very low altitude... In northern Iraq? What water is in northern Iraq? Also he seems too old to have flown a fighter in Iraq. 

Where's the evidence that thus guy is actually a pilot? If I was a con man, I would make sure to mention family, and a daughter is the perfect person to mention for gaining confidence.

Perception is reality, as they say in the Air Force. They say it too much for it not to he suspicious. There's good reason to have people chasing nonsense - an adversary who's world is false is much less dangerous than one who's world is accurate. 

War is the final arbiter. If one side believes nonsense, they die. Or they render their product up to their superior. If our military believed the earth was flat, and was wrong, we would lose. If you believe something false, you are not only at a disadvantage, but you will be easier to rob, or lead into other falsehoods before robbing you.

There are many reasons to disbelieve this guy, and few to none to believe him.
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Sovereign Bear | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Look at a map, there are lakes in Iraq.

You're attacking his credibility in your entire response. You doubt he's a pilot because of what his position, rather than addressing the points being made. You would think this guy would be proven a fraud 3 or 4 years since this video was made, no? Think about who has more to gain from this lie? I found the full interview, here:

https://youtu.be/fGjcTypR1GI

From the same perspective, who has more to gain, lying antivaxxers or the corporations making them? Risk/benefit doesn't add up there, nor here. There is little to nothing to gain from lying about this, nor is there anything to gain from being a geocentrist; at least not from a monetary perspective.

Many credible pilots make the same claims, I can't find all of the videos online. Here's another compilation I found while searching:

https://x.com/RobotPolisher/status/1682219372503347201

Ironically, to your point about the military, that's what happened in WW2. Germans used a system targeting system the Brits claimed couldn't work on a curved earth, and the Germans bombed factories in England using that targeting system. LOL

Line of sight radar debunks the curvature rate, seeing as these tests have been conducted over hundreds or thousands of miles. I've heard all the cope presented as a rebuttal.

https://youtu.be/n2r6hFMBaKE