We shot an Iranian airliner out of the sky and it was reported. We reported it.
The Soviets shot a Korean airliner down and it was reported.
Sympathy from other countries, my foot.
The Iranians hate us and this is still a time when we are “at war” with Iran. At the time, there was discussion whether the Iranians were intentionally running that plane directly at our naval vessel.
I don’t remember the details of the Korean airliner....got off course, didn’t it? I think it was not trying to hide it’s identification, it was communicating, and it was just slightly off course.