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On top of everything others said, what kind of nation hijacks a plane with 152 Chinese nationals, unless they want a war with China? (And if they do want a war
by yongjik 12y ago
On top of everything others said, what kind of nation hijacks a plane with 152 Chinese nationals, unless they want a war with China? (And if they do want a war with China, why bother with such a complicated plot?)
If Russia did it, and if China finds out, does anybody think China will say, "Well, it's Russia, we'll protest at UN and demand economic sanction"? Moscow and Beijing will be in rubbles when the dusts clear.
- signa11 12y ago> Moscow and Beijing will be in rubbles when the dusts clear. reminds me of sting's "russian" song, specifically, "i hope the russians love their children too..."
- jfoster 12y agoUnlikely. Despite the negative perception, China is quite pragmatic. They wouldn't immediately resort to physical conflict.
- prawn 12y agoRussia took down another Malaysian Airlines plane and virtually nothing has come of that.
- jpatokal 12y agoFull of Dutch nationals, not Chinese. Also, it's unlikely that "Russia" took it down, they merely supplied the weaponry to a bunch of incompetent hotheads who accidentally shot it down.
- jakub- 12y agoAccording to a report by the Berlin-based Correctiv & Der Spiegel [0], it was Russia's 53rd Air Defence Brigade that was directly operating the missile launcher. [0] https://mh17.correctiv.org/english/ https://mh17.correctiv.org/english/
- mrottenkolber 12y agoNever trust Der Spiegel. Worst magazine ever.
- prawn 12y agoIncluded Australians too which incensed our government, but what can realistically be done? What's changed as a result? And I don't think they accidentally shot down the plane. They might've assumed it was a different plane, but from what I could tell, they intended to shoot it down. If I'm trying to avoid accidentally shooting down planes, I'm generally not firing surface-to-air missiles about the place. It was an arms-length Russian crew then, and that could well have been the case with the other Malaysian plane. Professional support but professional deniability.
- sleepyhead 12y ago> hijacks a plane with 152 Chinese nationals, unless they want a war with China Well they were mostly middle-class normal tourists. Probably not important enough for the Chinese leaders to care about.