[Neoliberalnot]

So tell me what he has to gain by shooting the airliner down?

[brothers4thID]

I highly doubt it was intentional.
Likely scenario: Separatists thought they were targeting an Ukrainian transport (and completely ignored the civilian squawk code? Didn’t know how to read it?) and fired the missile.

If reports coming out about the intercepted calls and the number of heat signatures from intercepting missile are confirmed, it would indicate that whoever fired the missile knew almost instantly that they’d screwed up.

[Tailgunner Joe]

I was just addressing your argument of whether he is mass-murderer or not.

Putin is a mass-murderer. He dropped cluster bombs on innocent women and children in Georgia. He intentionally targeted civilian population centers.

You can't justify those murders by saying they were muslims. They were Orthodox Christians.