[senior citizen]

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[dewilson58]

wow

[MikeV]

This is not good...

[senior citizen]

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[billethkid]

just watching the major news coverage as usual in an incident of this scope...all one learns is what they do not know.

And what is amazing is with what little or nothing in the way of facts they can go on for hours.

And the foot shuffling in Washington has already started as well.

They are all masters at making a banquet out of a ham sandwich....even if they do not have the ham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[senior citizen]

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[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by billethkid

just watching the major news coverage as usual in an incident of this scope...all one learns is what they do not know.

And what is amazing is with what little or nothing in the way of facts they can go on for hours.

And the foot shuffling in Washington has already started as well.

They are all masters at making a banquet out of a ham sandwich....even if they do not have the ham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, indications are that this plane was shot down by this terrorist group. I would hope that seeing as how 23 Americans were possibly murdered by terrorists, our leaders are discussing what action should be taken if this is indeed found to be the truth.

[pooh]

Let's hope that discussion here doesn't start to sound like what the news stations are reporting.....really nothing....speculation and at this time, little else.

[RErmer]

Originally Posted by pooh

Let's hope that discussion here doesn't start to sound like what the news stations are reporting.....really nothing....speculation and at this time, little else.

Let's focus on the poor souls who died, whatever the cause.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by RErmer

Let's focus on the poor souls who died, whatever the cause.

Yes. So hard to think of all the families.

[senior citizen]

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[buggyone]

What action should the USA take precisely for this non-US plane presumably shot down in a civil war?

[pooh]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

The reason I posted initially (after seeing the breaking news as we were having our lunch) is that, number one I am of Ukrainian ancestry via my mom and maternal grandparents......secondly, we both thought it was a double tragedy following that other Malaysian passenger jet's disappearance a few months back........plus we know a lot of people who fly to the Asian countries on business.........not to say that any of the passengers are known to us. Just heard they are working on notifying the families first, before they publish who these Americans might be.

Any large passenger jet that goes down in such a fashion is shocking news to many people..........almost unheard of to be struck by a missile......although my husband recalled a few earlier incidents of planes
being shot down by missiles.........the Russians shot down a Korean passenger jet in the '80s????? Also, we shot a Iranian passenger plane in the 90's?????? We apologized. He remembers this.
I do not.

Our own adult kids fly a lot.........so again, this is of interest to us. As another just mentioned, if it is a terrorist attack (?) it is of interest to all of us.

We were watching Scott Pelley ; he did a great job of keeping it interesting while Anderson Cooper stammered as usual.......we kept flipping from station to station. FOX also covered it well..........

As far as it being a terrorist attack, the Russians say they did not do it, nor the Ukrainian separatists (coerced by Russia)........but it was a RUSSIAN MISSILE.........that struck a Boeing 777 passenger jet. 295 onboard.

The Russian missiles are used by the Ukrainian Army.....however, the Russian missiles are also used by the Ukrainian Separatists who are coerced by Russia.

I do thank you for posting this SC....I didn't have TV or news on computer on so I was unaware. It is indeed tragic, innocent people have died.
There is lots to do to determine exactly what caused this large plane to plummet to earth. Emotions are highly charged at this point....now it is time for science to help determine exactly what happened.

I do understand your concern about family flying, my son flies quite a bit. Mothers always worry no matter how old our babies are.

Prayers for all who have suffered because of this, as well as all of humanity are offered.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by pooh

Let's hope that discussion here doesn't start to sound like what the news stations are reporting.....really nothing....speculation and at this time, little else.

But, posters here are so good at that....................speculation.

[pooh]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

But, posters here are so good at that....................speculation.

Guess it's just human nature, Bogie...