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Hopefully we don't shoot down any more passenger jets with it. :/

• afarrell 12y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 For those who don't know the relevant history.
  • junto 12y ago
    Interesting. Thanks for sharing. What surprised me was this section: The United States government did not formally apologize to Iran.[14] In 1996, the United States and Iran reached a settlement at the International Court of Justice which included the statement "...the United States recognized the aerial incident of 3 July 1988 as a terrible human tragedy and expressed deep regret over the loss of lives caused by the incident...".[15] As part of the settlement, the United States did not admit legal liability but agreed to pay on an ex gratia basis US$61.8 million, amounting to $213,103.45 per passenger, in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. Is the refusal to accept responsibility policy, monetary or simply down to arrogance?
    • afarrell 12y ago
      I've wondered that too. It makes no sense rhetorically to say "I refuse to apologize for the United States." I would think the shooting was an accident. and what do you do when you do something accidentally? apologize. Not doing so makes me fee like were saying that the shooting is somewhere higher up the mens rea scale: http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=188 http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=188