[Political Junkie Too]

Sure, but are you following the premise of the original post in this thread?

A question was asked, why the media rush to call it for Russia when the reflexively refrain and call for waiting when it's Islamic?

I said it was to make a distraction. What if the media were to call for not rushing to judgment? That would make the story about who the real killers were, about what are they covering up, about the Americans who were on board and what is Obama doing about it.

So you're saying that the media rushed to Putin because the media knows it's a serious event? No, I know you're not. It's not relevant to the question.

-PJ

[Zhang Fei]

Sure, but are you following the premise of the original post in this thread? A question was asked, why the media rush to call it for Russia when the reflexively refrain and call for waiting when it's Islamic?

You haven't been paying attention. Russians have been shooting down planes (and helicopters) over Ukraine. Nobody else has. It's not a big stretch to assume this was Russia's doing.

[1rudeboy]

Well, the likelihood that the Ukrainians shot the plane down is slim (but not non-existent); the separatists, if they captured these weapons from the Ukrainians, waited for a long time to use them; and the likelihood that these weapons came from Russia is rather high.

Do you have any specific terrorist events when as much was understood going in?