PASSENGERS ON MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT MH17 VICTIMS OF REVIVED COLD WAR

Regardless of who fired the missile, if it was a missile that downed Flight MH17, the 298 passengers and crew aboard were victims of a power struggle between the U.S. and Russia

The Cold War between the U.S. and the USSR lasted from 1945 to 1980. It was ‘fought’ for the domination of international affairs. That power struggle led to, among other ‘battles’, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, Hungary and the Berlin Wall. In the end, the Soviet Union disintegrated, leaving the U.S. a clear winner (despite our defeat in Vietnam).

The cold war between the U.S. and Russia was revived in 2008 with the Russian invasion of U.S. backed Georgia. It proceeded on with Russia backing Iran and Syria against U.S. opposition. It is currently in the throes of an internal Ukrainian war resulting from the U.S. backed overthrow of a legally elected pro-Russian president. That led to Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and a militant takeover of Eastern Ukraine by Russian-supported rebels.

The role of Western Europe in both cold wars can be described as that of a puppy sitting by its master’s (the U.S.) heels. Thus, if Flight MH17 was downed by a missile, the 298 passengers and crew that died were collateral damage of a revived power struggle between the U.S. and Russia.

If it was a missile that downed Flight MH17, it was probably fired by Russians, either within the Ukraine or even from within Russia. While they can down low-flying planes and helicopters with shoulder-held missile launchers, the pro-Russian rebels simply do not have the wherewithal to operate the sophisticated missile systems needed to down a plane flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet. Of course, there is also the chance that the missile was fired by the Ukrainian armed forces. It is hard to believe anyone because all sides are lying.

In the power struggle between the U.S. and Russia, our government is going to contend the Russians, or the rebels they support, knew it was a passenger plane and deliberately shot it down … and our propaganda apparatus will milk that for all it’s worth.

I am sure that if Flight MH17 was downed by a missile, whoever fired it did not intend to hit a passenger plane. Somebody really fucked up! Putin is no dummy. He would never subject himself to worldwide scorn by letting his troops intentionally commit such an unspeakable act. But that is no consolation to the 298 victims and their loved ones.