The Russians did.
If this was done to an American President we'd consider it an act of war.
Posted on 07/17/2014 8:24:22 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, Interfax cited an aviation industry source as saying on Thursday.
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Putin is not our friend
Yes, already started...Poroshenko made statement...”Terrorists are to blame”. I suspect this is the now news which we'll hear ....
None of the players want escalation in Ukraine to heighten more than it already has from this.
Well, I suppose a civilian airliner here or there is ok, then. /s
It's Malaysian Airlines -- they are known to take the scenic route from time to time.
They can't be expected to stay on course all the time.
Obama has been a much stronger leader than Putin. He has advanced his agenda against stubborn GOP opposition, and he has done it without being able to resort to political killings or imprisoning his opponents, as Putin has done. Obama's not getting involved abroad because his whole philosophy is to let foreigners pay for their own security problems while he creates his part-socialist, part-crony capitalist paradise here at home. Obama vs Putin is like the Godfather vs a common gangbanger. Obama is effectively ruling like a king, and the GOP can't lay a glove on him. From the Romanovs to the Bolsheviks thru the post-Bolshevik era, Russians have always been ruled by kings. Obama has managed to acquire imperial powers among a people accustomed to self-rule. That's a much bigger feat than anything Putin has done.
An aviation expert has told the BBC it is unlikely that anyone survived the crash. Peter Felsted, the editor of Jane’s Defence Weekly, said sophisticated weaponry would have been needed to take down a flight travelling at such an altitude.
The Russians did.
If this was done to an American President we'd consider it an act of war.
Latest info seems to indicate plane was off flight path. Am sure more info to come in that regard.
There is a genetic illness among certain cultures that adopt a very casual attitude towards things technical, mechanical, or safety related.
A primitive unavoidable worship of magic perhaps?
There are only two possible explanations for this event. A mistake by the launchers of the missile due to ignorance (a monkey with a hand grenade,) or a specific person or persons on that flight targeted for elimination.
The former is the more likely.
And, after the obvious "Oh S**T!" moment, of course, everyone involved will deny everything about anything related to the disaster!
LOL. You are an a$$hole who does not like to get called on something he can't defend. Again, words have meanings. And I have no admiration or "Grudg full respect [sic]" for Putin. He is an enemy of free people everywhere.
I remember that well. I was 12. The media loved showing the human remains and artifacts washed up on the shore, then cut away to Reagan. They’ve always been traitors.
This was after the neo-Soviets suckered the Ukraine out of billions and convinced them, in partnership with NATO, to give up their nuclear weapons. Russia would not be working so hard to destabilize the country if it were still nuclear capable.
Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Hirohito, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung all stood up for their country. Are you gonna make up excuses for these other scumbags? When is it gonna register in your mind that Putin was a KGB operative during the Cold War?
....”after the obvious “Oh S**T!” moment, of course, everyone involved will deny everything about anything related to the disaster! “....
That’s exactly right!
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are investigating whether a Russian-made surface-to-air missile was used to take down a Malaysia Airlines jet near the Russian border, a U.S. defense official said.
Even though two of the three sides (the separatists and Russia) want things to escalate?
Ukraine live Tv showing numerous passports from the scene.
"The target is destroyed."
Ukraine Foreign Ministry: According to Ukrainian Armed Forces, #MH17 shot down by Russian Buk missile system at altitude of 10,000 meters.
This is a gif to obozo. The news will forget covering the obongo sponsored invasion of the United States.
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