“I will always be convinced that I gave the right order.”
Malaysian airlines have become the skeet targets of the World.
“The KAL Moment of the New Cold War”
The only problem is that back then Reagan was president, but today we have the equivalent of someone who is worst than Carter.
It totally sucks. Its pretty obvious that both sides there are amateur, almost beyond comprehension. The rebels thought they were shooting at another Ukrainian transport, and even called it an Antonov right as they did it.
It defies all common sense to route an airliner over the war zone since the Kiev side is flying and attacking, and the defenders on the ground are shooting some of them down.
Its nuts that they flew right into that.
If it turns out that these Russian-backed rebels did this and it was a case of “mistaken identity,” then I don’t know why anyone here in the U.S. would make such a big deal about it. It’s not as if the U.S. military hasn’t done this sort of thing before.
I don’t the author does any favors by making comparisons to KAL 007 here. That incident was such a debacle — mainly on the part of the pilot/crew of the airliner — that it’s hard to blame the Soviets entirely for it.