Maybe a Frenchman put the bomb in the plane to keep him from Niger before the Legion rolls in to “Re-establish Democracy” in that sorry land. He made lots of enemies.
I don’t think the French have that capacity, unfortunately. I like the thought though.
What really happened is that Putin got his revenge. Maybe he’ll try to make a win-win situation out of this, and blame the downing of the plane on Ukraine...
It wouldn’t surpriser me one bit.
It has been Russias speciality for ever : blaming others for what they are secretly doing themselves...