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If only this was a certainty - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down with 298 people killed 12 years ago but still no one was directly punished for it...
by m4rtink 9mo ago
If only this was a certainty - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down with 298 people killed 12 years ago but still no one was directly punished for it...
- bluedino 9mo agoMalaysia isn't going to attack Russia.
- ethbr1 9mo agoI highly doubt the Russians/separatists running the Buk knew the identity of the flight before shooting it down.
- myrmidon 9mo agoMost certainly not, but I don't see how that is relevant. The problem (from a victim/Dutch perspective) is that there is complete denial from the Russian side (despite heaps of evidence around the people involved, origin and transport of the launcher from Russian territory). Even if Russian judges and prosecutors are completely corrupt and biased, an actual investigation/trial is the least that would be expected here, but all we got are the bald faced lies that Russia is particularly fond of.
- m4rtink 8mo agoAt least some vengeance has been already done in blood, although indirectly, given how oversized has been dutch support for Ukraine compared to other similarly sized countries.
- ethbr1 8mo agoBecause the thread was about how shooting down a civilian airliner has consequences, and the person I replied to insinuated it didn't because Malaysia was ill-equipped to push the issue militarily. Which isn't relevant if the people who shot it down had no idea if it was / wasn't Malaysian. Similar to how cartels likely wouldn't have the sophistication to nationally ID any aerial targets they choose to shoot.
- myrmidon 8mo agoMakes sense! Misunderstood the point you were trying to make.
- FergusArgyll 9mo ago> Shooting down civilian *American* aircraft like that would seem to just be for an even more strong response…