A few points.
First, a number of airlines were flying over the Ukraine at high altitude on the same day.
Second, an air traffic controller in another country (claimed to be Poland) directed MH17 to fly over the Ukraine to avoid bad weather. It wasn’t in their planned flight path.
Third, the “rebels” weren’t supposed to have access to advanced Russian weapons. The antiaircraft weapons they were known to have were not good much past 10,000 feet up.
Forth, the commander that apparently ordered the launch is reported to be a Russian operative that did Russia’s dirty work in other parts of the world. He’s not just some random “Ukrainian” that happens to be implementing Putin’s agenda.
Last, it isn’t just some random happenstance that this commander came across an advanced mobile Russian antiaircraft battery. Somebody provided it.
The above is based on various news reports. If the “facts” change then the above changes.
“First, a number of airlines were flying over the Ukraine at high altitude on the same day.”
Oh well, then they were ALL IDIOTS. Anti-aircraft missiles are not something to split hairs over...if a war zone is active you STAY CLEAR, regardless of what hardware you think might be there, because NO ONE CAN BE SURE.
Yes, the Russians are not angels, but again they WERE NOT the people that directed that plane to the combat zone, nor were they the airline, nor were they the pilots that figured that just because houses looked like specs they were safe.