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Really Western Europe has been ignoring Russia's war for far too long; the MH17 shootdown was in 2014 and the situation has only deteriorated since then.
by pjc50 29d ago
Really Western Europe has been ignoring Russia's war for far too long; the MH17 shootdown was in 2014 and the situation has only deteriorated since then.
- DrScientist 29d agoNot sure how MH17 shooting is relevant here. While the consensus is that it's likely a Russia controlled/allied battery shot it down - I'm not sure anybody thinks it was anything other than an accident, not an intentional act of sabotage.
- mcphage 29d ago> I'm not sure anybody thinks it was anything other than an accident How do you accidentally shoot down a passenger airplane?
- anonymars 29d agoBy shooting at or thinking it is something other than a passenger airplane?
- account42 29d agoIf it was a Russian weapon (which is the most likely explanation) then it was the result of them meddling where they shouldn't be - either by supplying separatists with military equipment or by being there themselves, i.e. a part of their ongoing expansionist campaign in Ukraine.
- throwaway85825 29d agoIt was a part of the active Russian military. SAM operators don't grow on trees.