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bluedigger

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14. I think it almost certainly was unintended.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 03:43 AM

Jul 2014

The only plausible benefactor would be Ukraine, but their capacity to perform such subterfuge is dubious. Lethal mistakes are still subject to review by international law, and the perpetrators should be held accountable.

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MH17 Shootdown May Have Been A 'mistake' By Pro-Russian Rebels: US [View all] Purveyor Jul 2014 OP

Yeah, no one that I've seen has said the idiots knew it was a Malaysian passenger plane with Cha Jul 2014 #1

Actually billhicks76 Jul 2014 #2

Please tell me what "credible sources" say Flight 800 was shot down. moriah Jul 2014 #5

Well the problem with that is how do you define who a terrorist is? davidpdx Jul 2014 #7

35000 feet would have made no difference. ColesCountyDem Jul 2014 #19

Crap davidpdx Jul 2014 #20

Yup. ColesCountyDem Jul 2014 #21

Terrorists don't distinguish between civilian and military. joshcryer Jul 2014 #16

I think the possibility that the idiots were drunk and decided to just shoot the damn thing off davidpdx Jul 2014 #8

Then how do you explain the U.S.S. Vincennes shootdown of the Iranian plane in the 80s daleo Jul 2014 #13

Mistake or not, I hope those who are responsible rot in prison davidpdx Jul 2014 #3

Precisely, david.. I don't know who would be in charge of that happening though since Russia Cha Jul 2014 #4

Maybe they should start hiring Chris Christie's PR firm davidpdx Jul 2014 #9

Yeah, RT.. what we say goes. End of story. Cha Jul 2014 #10

We snowjob you, you listen davidpdx Jul 2014 #12

So are we to assume Maynar Jul 2014 #6

SAM targeting is almost foolproof... heat seeking and proximity fuses lapfog_1 Jul 2014 #11

Even highly trained U.S. Naval crews have shot down civilian airliners daleo Jul 2014 #15

The flight profiles of an An-26 and Boeing 777 are hugely different. joshcryer Jul 2014 #17

I think it almost certainly was unintended. bluedigger Jul 2014 #14

It's questionable as to its benefits to Ukraine. joshcryer Jul 2014 #18

Locking... DonViejo Jul 2014 #22