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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile [View all]reorg
(3,317 posts)101. I know you are not really that slow
First, the audio/video doesn't start at the beginning of the interview. He is right in the middle of a meandering discourse, trying to point out that the Ukrainian army was using the passengers of civilian airliners as human shields while attacking militants or even positions that didn't have any strategic value in order to provoke a catastrophe. Regardless of whether this theory is well-founded - it wasn't just his own and must have been based on experiences they had, see: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014853729#post97
Second, he clearly says he didn't know anything about Buks being in the possession of militants, but that he "heard about" it, AFTER the accident had happened. Who knows from whom and under what circumstances.
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Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile [View all]
Bosonic
Jul 2014
OP
There's nothing left to "figure". We know exactly what happened, and Russia's the root cause.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#33
dipsy, time to admit that innocent fighters against facism killed a planeload of civilians...
Adrahil
Jul 2014
#31
No, it's that the rest of the planet doesn't get brainwashed by Russia's propaganda
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#80
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#35
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#78
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#81
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#85
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#88
Because people who promote that crazy talk cite white supremacists like Paul Craig Roberts to
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#90