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In reply to the discussion: Game Changer (if true): What Did US Spy Satellites See in Ukraine? [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)I'm utterly ignoring denials, because people are lying.
Which gets us to things like the range of the missile, where it had to be fired from to reach the airplane, and the public behavior of everyone involved.
The missile was fired from separatist territory. We know that because of where the plane crashed, and the range of the missile system.
The separatists started the incident claiming to have shot down a Ukrainian transport. How would they know that if they didn't launch the missile?
The separatists are blocking access to the crash site, and taking the bodies at gunpoint. Why would they do that if Ukraine was the one that fired? Why would they protect the Ukrainian government?
Meanwhile, for the Ukrainian government to get a SAM launcher to that area, they'd have to launch a major push into separatist territory. Just to get the launcher into the right place. If that had happened, the separatists and the civilians would have mentioned that Ukrainian troops are invading. And since the area is now held by separatists, they also would have mentioned the retreat. Nothing was mentioned.
Because the laws of physics will change if we wait.
Good thing absolutely nothing I said came from US media.