The problem with playing at war, is that innocent people are murdered via incompetence, cruelty or design. Iran will have to deal with the consequences of shooting down an civilian airliner. haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…
I go back to an almost identical situation in July 3, 1988 where Iran Air Flight 655 flight from Tehran to Dubai was shot down by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from the American naval ship USS Vincennes
And then we have the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian proxies using Russian weapons while flying over eastern Ukraine. rferl.org/a/when-russia-…
The list of downed aircraft is long and doesn't include smaller passenger aircraft, buses, ships etc sunk in warfare. vox.com/2014/7/17/5912…
For history buffs, the destruction of civilian transport by hostile forces used to have grave consequences. history.com/topics/world-w…
