Have to agree.
Let us suppose for a moment that a plane full of Americans was shot down in Iraq during a landing, by one of the MANPADS we provided to Islamists.
What would the reaction be?
Obviously we would be rightly outrage at McShame and Obama for allowing those weapons to be given to terrorists, but the bigger question would be WHY any plane with Americans was in Iraq.
These separatists in Ukraine committed a disgusting and atrocious act, murdering men women and children. The fact that Putin is now trying to cover it up to some degree is a disgrace and he should be held to account.
But I also want to know WHY Ukrainian air traffic control signed off on diverting that plane over rebel territory when they KNEW that this weaponry was in the hands of the separatists. The separatists are the murderers here, but Ukrainian air traffic control signed these people’s death warrant.
Let me know when your imaginary scenario actually happens. Meanwhile, Putin’s atrocities are the reality we have to deal with now.
“But I also want to know WHY Ukrainian air traffic control signed off on diverting that plane over rebel territory when they KNEW that this weaponry was in the hands of the separatists. The separatists are the murderers here, but Ukrainian air traffic control signed these people’s death warrant.”
If this were Gaza and Israel shot down the plane, the answer would be simple - they died martyrs in the cause of making Israel look bad. Maybe something like that is at work here - but we’ll likely never know.
Count me in too.
Reportedly there was a recorded message indicating accidental downing of the passenger plane, a thesis which holds as much water as any other speculation circulating.
FOX seems invested in lynching Putin without an investigation or trial, to emphasize his guilt, only because they can use it to magnify Obama’s sure disengagement from the whole affair, his office and reality, but I have doubts this tragedy serves the interests of anyone, so I lean toward an accidental downing, while expecting a compromised debris field and investigation.