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originally posted by: fixitwcw
a reply to: pirhanna
we have not lost. not until people like us are officially deemed criminals for our beliefs. not until they come for us "criminals". not until every last one of us has died defending our freedom. we have not lost.
originally posted by: defcon5
originally posted by: pirhanna
So you KNOW that Russia shot down this commercial plane?
Ukrainian separatists under the command of an ex-soviet special forces commander, and supplied with high altitude Russian AA equipment were responsible. Yeah, they have video of who the commander was, and he was a Russian retired special forces commander. Yeah, they have audio of the radio between the spotters and the guys operating the AA unit. Yeah, Russia is at fault here...
originally posted by: pirhanna
And, their motive is what exactly? They hate Malaysia?
No they had been shooting down “spy planes” and “cargo planes” all week. Aircraft that had a similar profile as this 777 did. Yeah, there's video of them shooting one down on the 6th.
Fact is though, they had no legal right to be shooting at anything in a countries legal airspace.
originally posted by: pirhanna
Its a damned war zone that the plane was directed to fly over.
NO IT WASN'T...
It was RESTRICTED AIRSPACE with a 32K foot FLIGHT RESTRICTION...
There is no “war zone” on an aviation map...
It wasn't DIRECTED to fly there, that was OPEN airspace over 32K ...
originally posted by: pirhanna
and you dont suspect anything??
Yeah, I suspect that Russia just got caught with their pants around their ankles, and now is trying to save face. One way they like to do that is spread a bunch of conspiracies in their controlled news sources and on the net.
originally posted by: Fylgje
a reply to: Psynic
My reasoning is that the rebels have nothing to gain from it, however, the Ukraine has everything to gain from it once they get it blamed on Russia.
Ukraine bears responsibility for keeping its airspace open to flights like the doomed MH17, says the chief executive of the International Air Transport Association, Tony Tyler.
“Airlines depend on governments and air traffic control authorities to advise which air space is available for flight, and they plan within those limits,” he said.