Malaysian plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live

[Igel]

252. Strictly speaking there's no evidence I have of a plane crash.

The problem is all the circumstantial evidence puts means, motive, and opportunity on the side of the rebels or the Russians. And those are the two groups that have the evidence or will be given the evidence that would show guilt.

Now, there are two real sides in this. Neither side should be given the evidence. By vehemently denying that one side has a dog in this fight, when they reach the answer they already know to be true it will just be easier to say, "See, they showed what they wanted and what I wanted. I am at peace with the world." Sing it, Babe: "la-la-la-la!"

In other words, right now there's no evidence. And if Russia and its puppy dogs of imperialism get to analyse the evidence, we can already predict the direction the evidence will take.

Now, it may be possible to use circumstantial evidence, some of which we have (of course, that's not True Evidence (tm), because True Evidence is evidence beyond any doubt), to show that the guilty are guilty and the innocent are innocent. But that'll have to work around gaps in the evidence, as well as what evidence Russia produces.

And Russia has pretty good evidence-production facilities. (The rebels? Not so much.)