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Originally Posted by LewisM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-1...kraine/5606156
Both sides have the capability.
If Russia did it, or Russian sympathisers did it, what do they achieve except condemnation and retaliation? If a mistake, then, albeit horrific, it is a mistake, perpetrated in a war zone. This entails the Russian sympathisers have access to the SAM systems, not the shoulder launched "Stinger" class, as they simply do not have the range.
If the Ukraine did it, claiming the Russians did it, they gain condemnation against the Russians and potential support from the west. A hopelessly pathetic short-sighted way to gain attention, and one that will inevitably back fire on them.
Will the US start retaliatory actions? I sincerely doubt it. US has NOTHING material to gain from Ukraine - a bankrupt, now-resource poor country, and we all know the US is far from humanitarian- they always need SOMETHING, so what do they get? They get airbases, military infrastructure right next door to Russia, in central Europe. They've lost Turkey, Germany and a bunch of other countries, and The World Police need a staging ground.
And what does the Ukraine get in return? Money, protection... everything it is short of.
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Don't worry, the UN will write a very stern letter.
The prime focus should be recovery of the bodies on behalf of the relatives and a demand for the return of the Black Box recorder untampered.