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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)51. That's nonsense.
An airliner at 30,000 + ft is not a tactical threat. It "provoked" nothing. It could not be mistaken for a tactical jet on an attack profile. And the rebels clearly thought they had shot down a cargo plane.... again, NOT a tactical threat.
That's just an impossibly preposterous position.
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Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile [View all]
Bosonic
Jul 2014
OP
There's nothing left to "figure". We know exactly what happened, and Russia's the root cause.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#33
dipsy, time to admit that innocent fighters against facism killed a planeload of civilians...
Adrahil
Jul 2014
#31
No, it's that the rest of the planet doesn't get brainwashed by Russia's propaganda
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Jul 2014
#80
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#35
"I am required to promote the side I represent, even if I might think otherwise
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#11
Robert Parry, a known Kremlin sycophant, is the only source on the planet for the uniform claim.
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Jul 2014
#78
"in the 1980's" --yes, part of being a "has-been" is having once displayed merit and achievement.
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Jul 2014
#81
"it was possible the SA-11 was launched by a defector from the Ukrainian military who was trained
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Jul 2014
#85
No intelligent, sane human being believes this was a US-sponsored black op. nt
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Jul 2014
#88
Because people who promote that crazy talk cite white supremacists like Paul Craig Roberts to
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Jul 2014
#90