tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post8141253602808497891..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Russia: Conspiracy theories and a doubtful grip on realityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-17829174541301150422014-07-26T12:10:33.133-04:002014-07-26T12:10:33.133-04:00What I find somewhat amusing is that the article s...What I find somewhat amusing is that the article says it is unlikely that the plane were mistaken for Putin's personal jet (because missiles are aimed with radar), but likely that it would have been mistaken for a military transport (because...).Virgil Petrisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467744522668766048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-40829503651187363072014-07-24T15:46:59.612-04:002014-07-24T15:46:59.612-04:00If Kurdistan really does go independent, it will s...If Kurdistan really does go independent, it will signify a change in Western strategy. A small state that is essentially a client to the multinationals, probably with these multinational mercenary operations providing asset security. They'll move towards carving up the Middle East like Israel/Gaza/Westbank because it is useful for the elites. <br />The caliphate is useful for these purposes- like Hamas and their myopic missile firing tendencies is for manipulating the Israeli voting public.Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-48942795986116465742014-07-24T13:23:32.116-04:002014-07-24T13:23:32.116-04:00Civilian airliners getting shot down in warzones b...Civilian airliners getting shot down in warzones by amped-up combatants is really nothing new. We've done it ourselves. Combine not-terribly-bright troops with "smart" weaponry that aims itself and these tragedies are unsurprising. That's why competent pilots steer their aircraft around, not over, war zones.<br /><br />We have military advisers in the Ukraine and are doubtless opening the checkbook for Kiev. This is beginning to have a 'Gulf of Tonkin', 'Lusitania', 'WMD' air about it.<br /><br />One hundred years ago, the superpowers were blundering around the globe, rattling their sabers and doing stupid things.<br /><br />Also - it's interesting what's NOT outrageous or newsworthy these days. A Sunni caliphate has casually taken over eastern Syria and much of Iraq and is generally acting with complete impunity.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-36961898862828439912014-07-24T13:02:06.539-04:002014-07-24T13:02:06.539-04:00I doubt it was NATO, but I do think this was orche...I doubt it was NATO, but I do think this was orchestrated by Kiev. They've got the incentive, whether they did it, or somehow confused the Eastern Ukrainians. The Eastern Ukrainians are apparently trying to defend their cities from fighter jets.<br />There's also an incentive for our government to encourage Europe to stop buying gas from Russia and start buying it from American companies.<br />If they keep publishing blatant lies in the mainstream, we will all end up holding alternative views.Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.com