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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    I always thought that the separatists did it in the sense that one of them gave the order and another pushed the button.

    I just thought they were equipped, supplied, trained, supported, and coached by the Russians -- who did nothing to convince them NOT to shoot at an airliner either. Other than that, the Russians weren't culpable at all.
    I'm sure that MI6 and the CIA (I name these two since I don't have the right acronyms to hand for all the other countries who could equally be accused) have done exactly the same the world over. That doesn't make it right, but it makes it a pretty standard wrong to do.

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