Why is it foolish? Perhaps their goal is prevent a conflict with US. The calculus being that, once there is a conflict they will take undue damage. So better pr

Why is it foolish? Perhaps their goal is prevent a conflict with US. The calculus being that, once there is a conflict they will take undue damage. So better prevent any conflict by sending a message that we are not defenseless. Just think about it, there is so much news about this now, that any attack from US will face some internal opposition. For all we know the plane was downed by the administration, to reduce the pressure from GOP's posturing of attack on Iran.