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So, Iran is owning up to shooting down the airliner, accidentally. After saying it was mechanical failure. America and Canada have earlier claimed/speculated that Iran had shot down the airliners, accidentally.
Does anyone else, but me, find this soft rhetoric peculiar? I mean, where's the righteous indignation? Where's the blaming, accusations and counter-accusations? And saber rattling? Everyone is soft peddling it. Yes, I believe it was an accident, based on human error, but everyone is being nice! This is Iran!
This on top of the backing down of both sides from the assassination of that general, seems, well... odd. Something bigger is afoot. I'm not saying it's bad. Maybe it's good, but there's more to the story.
Just sayin'
Iran’s military announced early Saturday that it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, blaming human error because of what it called the plane’s sharp, unexpected turn toward a sensitive military base.
After days of tension since the jet crashed near Tehran on Wednesday, the same day that Iranian missiles struck American bases in Iraq, the admission was a stunning reversal. Iran initially maintained that mechanical issues had brought the Boeing airliner down, killing all 176 people aboard.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake,” President Hassan Rouhani said on Twitter soon after the military released its statement. He offered condolences to the victims’ families and said investigations were underway. The military said the person responsible would face legal consequences.
International pressure had been building on Iran to take responsibility. American and allied intelligence assessments had already concluded that Iranian missiles brought down the plane, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, most likely by accident, amid the heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/missile-iran-plane-crash.html
Does anyone else, but me, find this soft rhetoric peculiar? I mean, where's the righteous indignation? Where's the blaming, accusations and counter-accusations? And saber rattling? Everyone is soft peddling it. Yes, I believe it was an accident, based on human error, but everyone is being nice! This is Iran!
This on top of the backing down of both sides from the assassination of that general, seems, well... odd. Something bigger is afoot. I'm not saying it's bad. Maybe it's good, but there's more to the story.
Just sayin'
Iran’s military announced early Saturday that it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, blaming human error because of what it called the plane’s sharp, unexpected turn toward a sensitive military base.
After days of tension since the jet crashed near Tehran on Wednesday, the same day that Iranian missiles struck American bases in Iraq, the admission was a stunning reversal. Iran initially maintained that mechanical issues had brought the Boeing airliner down, killing all 176 people aboard.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake,” President Hassan Rouhani said on Twitter soon after the military released its statement. He offered condolences to the victims’ families and said investigations were underway. The military said the person responsible would face legal consequences.
International pressure had been building on Iran to take responsibility. American and allied intelligence assessments had already concluded that Iranian missiles brought down the plane, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, most likely by accident, amid the heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/missile-iran-plane-crash.html