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(100,376 posts) Wed Jan 8, 2020, 03:31 PM Jan 2020

Downed Ukraine Airplane Poll [View all]

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	Iran shot it down by accident
	17 (57%)
	Other explanation
	13 (43%)
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Downed Ukraine Airplane Poll [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 OP

US shot it down on accident gopiscrap Jan 2020 #1

yeah, i voted iran did, but it could have been us. main point- it was shot down. mopinko Jan 2020 #4

The timing is suspicious. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 #5

Where did our missile originate? onenote Jan 2020 #10

How? sarisataka Jan 2020 #11

Excellent question. cwydro Jan 2020 #12

A question I believe sarisataka Jan 2020 #25

We could launch a missile from our Navy as well as from Iraq Pachamama Jan 2020 #34

Not impossible but very implausible sarisataka Jan 2020 #35

I answered your question - meanwhile sounds like I was 1/2 right Pachamama Jan 2020 #36

A missile was always the most likely "how" sarisataka Jan 2020 #37

Anti-aircraft artillery isn't a missile Pachamama Jan 2020 #38

You Should Just Stop. jayfish Jan 2020 #43

I won't stop Pachamama Jan 2020 #49

AAA is not a missile sarisataka Jan 2020 #51

Wouldn't Iran be more than happy to hand over those black boxes though? nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #19

Iran and the US are nearly at war flotsam Jan 2020 #40

They don't have to hand them over to us. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #52

That's The Only Thing About This I Don't Quite Get. jayfish Jan 2020 #47

+1000 Pachamama Jan 2020 #26

Perhaps you would sarisataka Jan 2020 #32

Not enough information, but... Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 #2

Don't pretend to know. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #3

I only saw one news article, out of many, that identified the downed aircraft as a Boeing 737... abqtommy Jan 2020 #6

737-800, not a 737-Max. Big difference. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #7

It might not be a bad idea. abqtommy Jan 2020 #9

That would cripple air travel worldwide. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #14

It wasn't a Max. 737's are flying all over the world all the time. cwydro Jan 2020 #13

There's not enough information yet Leith Jan 2020 #8

It's silly to speculate. Codeine Jan 2020 #15

I couldn't agree more. Andy823 Jan 2020 #16

Oh, but we have experts here, doncha know. cwydro Jan 2020 #20

I know. dware Jan 2020 #28

The only people I've seen pushing the "Iran shot it down" meme are RW MAGAheads BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #17

It's conceivable they shot it down by accident. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 #18

And all of the US sources and mainstream media. Bonx Jan 2020 #41

Note that that was yesterday. BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #50

Cuomo had David Soucie (author of Why Planes Crash) on his show tonight. cwydro Jan 2020 #21

Rachel had an NTSB investigator who said does not look like any mechanical failure lostnfound Jan 2020 #22

Iran not releasing black box. moondust Jan 2020 #23

Isn't Boening a US owned company? Could be why they won't release dewsgirl Jan 2020 #30

Seriously, why should world authorities trust arthritisR_US Jan 2020 #44

Who hates Ukraine? not_the_one Jan 2020 #24

We have a winner Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #29

I think there are Iraqi agents working in Iran. kentuck Jan 2020 #27

don't know.... stillcool Jan 2020 #31

Many possibilities / we're not experts / no data available.....but.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #33

I think some idiot set the ABM system on automatic, and it went automatic. TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 #39

Sort of like "Oops, sorry Iraqui General, that was just a draft letter (?) Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #48

I think Iran did it thinking it was a US fighter plane. arthritisR_US Jan 2020 #42

The specificity of 8000 feet is pretty convincing for me Recursion Jan 2020 #45

Lots of other international reports I found interesting Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #46