Summary
The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin’s apology over the Azerbaijan Airlines crash, which killed 38 people and injured 29, and called for a “full and independent” investigation.
The UK Foreign Office criticized Putin’s apology, stating it “fails to recognise that the reckless and irresponsible actions of the Russian State pose an acute and direct threat to the interests and national security of other states.”
The plane, en route from Baku to Grozny, crashed in Kazakhstan amid Russian air defense activity.
Evidence suggests it may have been misidentified and struck by a Russian missile.
Really digging with the “US is barely better” by going back to 1988…
This fighter jet incident last month was definitely an unexpected incident, but a far cry from shooting a civilian aircraft out of either our own airspace, or a surrounding sovereign country’s airspace.
This whataboutism is hilarious if not so misguided simply for trying to say “America bad too.”
Honestly, why even bring up the US? It’s not like as if these stories have to do with us…
They could have mentioned Ukrainian Airlines 752 which is far more topical albeit tangentially related
Then there was that Iranian passenger jet destroyed by the USA navy; killing more than all the downed jets by Russia this decade.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
Not to mention the utter contempt of life by the USA Air Force in any year.
I’m not saying the USA is terrible in general, but it’s really easy to find counter example of callous unfeeling behavior, something all large aggressive countries share more or less equally
You’ve mentioned the same thing as the original comment.
What does the US have to do with this story? Why are we bringing up something from 36 years ago when I can go online and find like 5 different stories on planes Russia has shot out of the sky in the last like 10 years? You’re giving their shitty shoot first and don’t say shit later policy a pass by bringing up a geo-political rival that adds nothing to the conversation.
Because the thread was talking about that, and I accidentally posted in the wrong community. I normally block this due to its outrageous USA bias, yucky patriotism, narrow focus, outrageous mods, etc.
I’ll see myself out now… and will block world again after I deleted my block list