Another thing. This incident has some eerie similarities to the Syrian WMD thing. Now that we know it was ISIS who is on the rebel side in Syria, we can “get it” that the WMD use could have been easily either side. Both sides lie and stink. The rebel side wanted US intervention. McCain did too.(just an aside)
Nothing is really as it seems, especially when conclusions are made in haste.
I have no idea who is behind this plane crash, but it isn’t really all that clear yet as to who benefits most. Or else it was a case of a bunch of morons playing with missiles thinking they got another one. Yee hah.
Either way, what are we to do about it. No, what will Obama do about it? he should be able to see that his lack of interest seems rather curious.
Well said. "Cui bono?" is always the question, but cannot be answered at this point. I do not see any way that Russia might benefit from deliberately shooting down a civilian airliner. Ukraine might benefit if Russia could be blamed for it, as the new Kiev regime is shaky and desperately wants Western intervention. But I think the most likely explanation is that separatist rebels mistook this airliner for a Ukrainian Air Force transport (like the AN-24 they recently shot down) and took it out with a captured SA-17 system that they aren't fully familiar with. Eventually, we might learn what really happened.