Cue the Putin lovers/apologists. For the life of me I cannot understand the love many on this forum have for this ex KGB Soviet Communist thug. This airliner was brought down by an SA-17. The SA-17 is deployed as part of an IADS(Integrated Air Defense System), of which the Russians have one of if not the most formidable IADS in the world. You can’t just pull Joe Shiite the Ragman off the street, stick him in an SA-17 and let him go to town. These SAM crews are highly trained. As part of the overall IADS, someone up the chain had to give the word to engage. That someone knew exactly what this aircraft was. This is on Putin, he owns this.
Was it an SA 17 or SA 11? Thanks
The FR KGB Putin Fan Club. I can't understand either why they are allowed to remain and push their BS on less knowledgeable freepers.
Yes Putin owns this.
And let’s not forget the Russian rebel cheering squad here at FR as we remember these 300 dead civilians including 23 Americans.
The Russian rebel cheering squad here has been portraying these Russian rebels and Putin as some kind of liberators. They are war criminals! Cheering on these Russian terrorists and spreading misinformation while defending them is like partnering with Heinrich Himmler and the SS.
Your analysis makes no sense. Shooting down a civilian airliner is not in Putin's interest, nor Kiev's, nor that of the Ukrainian rebels who actually did the deed.
The rebels thought they'd just bagged a second of Kiev's AN-26 transports. Their commander was heard asking where the pilots were (the pilots of Monday's AN-26 bailed out and were captured by the rebels). He was prepared to brag, but 40 minutes later he got the news that there were dead bodies and foreign passports strewn across the fields. It was then that he realized they'd f---ed up big time!
it could have been a newbie mistake. someone in a vodka induced haze.. you can never tell with these “insurgents”..
My guess it's because he has the Obamanation's number.