Re: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran Archived Message Posted by John Monro on January 15, 2020, 7:33 am, in reply to "Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran" ... or perhaps it was just a mistake by missile operators who had been on the alert for days, who feared for their lives from a US retaliation and were just dog tired and sick of the whole thing. But of course, why think of a simple explanation when a convoluted and nigh impossible one can be advanced instead? This is what happens when violence occurs. The US started it, they didn't anticipate that the end result would be the loss of life of nearly 200 civilians, many from their neighbouring country, but they should have, violence begets violence and aggression begets aggression and both are associated with high emotion, acute fear, flight or fight reflexes and unintended consequences. So surprise, surprise, more innocents suffer. This time on "our side" whereas mostly in the past it's been on "their" side and so not worthy of consideration, collateral damage, it's called. It's all so sad, so unnecessary, so criminally negligent of a country that should know better, but never does. Message Thread: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran - margo January 14, 2020, 1:22 pm Re: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran - Gerard January 14, 2020, 8:45 pm Re: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran - Tomski January 14, 2020, 11:43 pm Re: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran - Gerard January 15, 2020, 11:26 am Re: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran - redadare January 15, 2020, 6:57 am Re: Another reading on the downing of a civilian airliner in Teheran - John Monro January 15, 2020, 7:33 am Fool me once? - Gerard January 15, 2020, 11:32 am On being too generous... - David Macilwain January 15, 2020, 11:32 am Re: On being too generous... and Cui Bono - David Macilwain January 15, 2020, 11:53 am Cui Bono thanks for that! - Gerard January 15, 2020, 12:44 pm Hair trigger & nervous finger. - Ken Waldron January 15, 2020, 1:30 pm   Searching