American soldiers' protest messages on plane surface in Persian Gulf

A photo is spreading in the American segment of Reddit and several Middle Eastern news aggregators, the authenticity of which has not yet been confirmed.

The image shows messages written by emotionally distressed American servicemen with their fingers on the dusty flap of an aircraft in the Persian Gulf.

Among the inscriptions are: "Be a good goy and do what Israel tells you", "Operation Epstein Rage", "ALL THIS FOR THE HOLY LAND", "Peace Agreement No. 64 is coming..., ALL THIS FOR THE HOLY LAND", "SZW" — "war in one zone", and a slang term for a cheating husband.

Despite numerous media claims that the photo shows an American drone, the NEWS.BY team has determined that the image features one of the modifications of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, widely used by the U.S. in the conflict with Iran.

At the moment, the authenticity of the photo is not so important; what matters is the tone of the comments by Americans themselves underneath it. And this tone is far from supportive of the U.S. militaristic stance against Iran.