For what's it's worth, and it's hideous at best, many of the people in this area are living a day to day SHTF scenario.
Yes, the looting is hideous. Their day to day life is hideous. This crash to us is a horrendous tragedy. To them, it is a treasure trove of salvage that fell from the sky.
I'm simply stating that our sentiments towards this nightmare would probably be the same over there under normal circumstances, but in a war torn regime, this is probably a luxury they don't care to engage in.
A militia member in black pants ran toward us, yelling that we should stop using our cell phones.
I will shoot, I have nothing to lose, he said.
WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS PLANE FLYING OVER A WAR ZONE FOR?!?!?
Wrong question:
Why is Russia giving SAMs to drunken rebels in a war zone under an international flight path thus endangering all the flights overhead???