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> Iran actually did. No, Iran was _forced_ to do so, they don't two shits otherwise. Not so much preasure on Russia in case of MH17

• kumarvvr 7y ago
  Even if forced, it could deny it to high heaven. It is already isolated on the world stage, it is already under sanctions. It chose not to deny. However, I would suspect it did so, just to demonstrate the crazy things a world on the brink of war can bring about. Perhaps it's leaders calculated its to their benefit to own up and then say see what happens when nations are teetering on the edge of armed conflict. OTOH, in case of MH17, even if there was no video, there were a lot of signs directly pointing to Russia. Russia was also forced, but it didn't give a shit.
  • konart 7y ago
    >Russia was also forced In my book forced means the result is achieved. Russia did not take responsibility == it wasn't forced to. Pressed? Yes. But not forced to. And unline Russia Iran didn't have any room to deny it, really. In MH17 case you might have all kind of info that points toward Russia, but still not enough to force it to admit responsibility. In Iran's case - it was their system (owned by them), operated by their gus, stationed on their territory etc. There is really nothing to deny here. And yet they only confirmed their mistake only after being forced to do so. PS: also - yes, they calculated this would be better for them in perspective. (again, unlike MH17 case)