Quote:That is incredibly stupid of Russia, they just placed themselves firmly into a corner if true. It's liken when the US armed these ISIS rebels in Syria then we ended up having them give us trouble in Iraq.

 

Never arm these rebels to do your dirty work it always blows up in your face.

The CIA armed and trained the mujahideen in Afghanistan when they were fighting Russia. Osama Bin Laden participated. That worked out well.


We provided weapons to rebels in Libya to topple Khadaffi. Those same weapons were used to kill 4 Americans in Benghazi.


The weapons we provided to rebels in Syria, along with the heavy equipment we left in Iraq are now in the hands of terror organizations.


When you partner with the enemy, good things rarely follow suit.

Quote:I'm reading conflicting reports that the airliner was mistaken for another aircraft transporting Putin.  I find that hard to believe that Putin would be flying over that area, but whatever.  People come up with all kinds of crazy stuff.

That report was dismissed as false. I caught a blurb about that on CNN, and if any network is an expert on Malaysian airliners, it's them.

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