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THANKS OBAMA!
This is sad and would start ww3 if they did that to a US airliner.
But i godda say thats 290 less trying to get into Canada...thanks obama?
No, actually if you watched the video, it explains perfectly that it was emitting the signal for an F-14, during an open conflict, and all attepts to communicate with the plane failed before they were shot down.
Nobody's saying it wasn't "american's fault" becaus ethey obviously shot the fucking thing down. What he was saying is that there was a reason it was shot down, not just because all americans everywhere are assholes.
Would you be happier if he said "Fuck yeah we came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum- and we're fresh out of fucking gum, brah"
Look- did you watch it at all? The plane was emitting a signal identical to a military aircraft, and on a military craft frequency. Whether or not a conclusion was jumped to is a matter of opinion, but I doubt you'd wait around to visually see if it was indeed an F-14 if you were in charge of the safety of everyone on board and were in open conflict- if it was, you'd be too late.
I think that you're also forgetting this is the 80s and there's more technology in your phone than there was on that entire ship- also warships are generally there to dissuade conflict rather than perpetuate it. Who knew there were going to be idiots on rafts shooting at them??
Look, nobody is happy this happened- but the video shows eyewitness accounts of exactly what happened, why it happened, and what went wrong was identified and fixed. What exactly do you want to happen???
Well fortunately you and I have the luxury of simply sitting back in our chairs and nitpicking the actions of people who really were in harm's way that day. I'm sure there isn't a single one of them who doesn't think about it every day and wish they had done something different. Unfortunate as it may be though, patience is not something you're often afforded in combat. Whether or not it could have sank the ship is irrelevant, although I understand what you're trying to say even if your premise is incorrect (they wouldn't do a fly by first).
Either way, there's no taking it back now. No sense in peope getting all worked up over some shit that happened before 3/4 of NS was even born, and that wasn't even done on purpose. I'm positive we could post video of the atrocities that went down in japanese prison camps during WWII as well, but there's no sense in that either- and that was 100% deliberate. Take a deep breath and move on with your life.
What is this, red rover?
You don't need to pick a side. You don't need to pass a judgement. You don't even need an opinion. It's just something that happened.
