In 1988 the USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser, entered Iranian territorial waters and spotted an aircraft that it thought was an Iranian F-14 fighter plane. However, it was actually a civilian Iran Air Airbus A300, flying over Iran’s territorial waters on its regular route from Tehran to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Vincennes fired a surface-to-air missile that destroyed the plane, killing all 290 onboard. Under a 1996 agreement at the International Court of Justice, the U.S. agreed to pay Iran $61.8 million.
Have Russia pay a fine of $61.8 million. Problem solved.
“Have Russia pay a fine of $61.8 million. Problem solved.”
With http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ that would be $94 today
wrong
on so many levels
have you been reading your history on Huffington Post?
If a bank robber accidentally kills a teller, while shooting at the police, is that the same thing as a policeman who accidentally shoots a teller, while shooting at a bank robber?
I tend to think the underlying motivations matter, and I blame the bank robber for the teller's death in both scenarios.