Paints, even Vladimir Putin has not suggested that either the US or the Ukraine military had any hand in this. All he has said is
that it is Ukrain'e fault because 'They started it."
There are the most ridiculous conspiracy theories flying around on social media with absolutely no evidence aor logic to back them up. Until the investigators are able to have a proper look at the wreckage we cannot be sure of anything. (Malaysia has already sent investigators and I doubt whether they are going to bow to with 'political expediency - they've got too much to lose.)
In the meantime, logic says by far the most likely scenario is that it was mistaken for a Ukrainian warplane and shot down by pro Russian rebels, probably with a missile supplied by Russia and possibly under Russian guidance.
Most likely because: a)The plane was over Rebel territory (on the Ukraine/Russian border.)
b) The rebels are known to have shot down two planes already.
c) They don't have any planes for the Ukrainian military to want to shoot down and as far as I know there have been no reports of Russian military aircraft overflying the area (any such incursions would certainly have been reported in the mainstream media.)
d) Inexperienced rebel fighters would be far more likely than trained soldiers to mistake an airliner for a military plane.
e) Even vladimir Putin - the man mostin dange of ending up with egg on his face over this- has not suggested either that US or Ukrainian military fired the missile or ordered anyone else to fire it.
As I said, until there is concrete evidence from the wreckage itself, we cannot be sure of the truth, but it seems a bit premature to leap at once to the most convoluted and unlikely scenario.
it is not the Russians
