[Alberta's Child]

The real key is that anyone interested in shooting down a passenger jet would not have situated themselves so far east, when the jet was flying so high -- they would have been closer to JFK that night.

Remember, too -- when terrorism is involved, one of the goals is a well-publicized event. You don't shoot down an airliner flying at 13,000 feet or so if your goal is to shock people.

[js1138]

You don't shoot down an airliner flying at 13,000 feet or so if your goal is to shock people.

Everything about the coverage would have been different if the airliner had been Israeli.