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What makes this all that much better is that the ejected and parachuting pilots were shot out of the sky. Yes, that's a war crime. And the cherry on top is tha
by wahsd 11y ago
What makes this all that much better is that the ejected and parachuting pilots were shot out of the sky. Yes, that's a war crime.
And the cherry on top is that Syrian rebels have used one of the anti-tank systems the USA gave them against a Russian rescue helicopter searching for the pilots.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoAllegedly shot out of the sky. We're still in the "lots of claims, little hard data" phase. But if true, yes, it's certainly a war crime.
- kafkaesq 11y ago...the ejected and parachuting pilots were shot out of the sky. Were they, now? All we seem to know at this point is that "Russia’s military general staff is quoted by Russian news agencies as saying" that (one of) the pilots (not both) were shot down, according to the Guardian. Do you suggest that we take statements attributed Russian military spokespeople at face value?
- detaro 11y agoReuters reports that a rebel commander said that they killed the pilots, and "A video sent to Reuters earlier appeared to show one of the pilots immobile and badly wounded on the ground." http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKBN0TD0IR20151124 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/us-mideast-crisis-...
- kafkaesq 11y ago"A video sent to Reuters earlier appeared to show one of the pilots immobile and badly wounded on the ground." So, assuming description of the video is accurate -- does that mean they were "shot out of the sky"? From what you've quoted, wouldn't it be more likely to assume that they found the pilots in that condition on the ground? I'm just looking for something resembling a logical substantiation for the allegation that was made.