And we know they have already shot down civilian airliners in Iran with zero expressions of regret.
Try as they might, this tragedy cannot overshadow the Soleimani assassinations
The assassination of Soleimani and the tragedy of Ukraine Airlines must not be mixed: the former is an illegal, inhuman slaying of an anti-terror hero which must remain in the spotlight until Washington - the boasting perpetrator! - conforms with international justice; the latter is a tragedy, and Iran has made it crystal-clear that they will work openly with countries like Ukraine, France and Canada to find the root cause.
No one in Iran is pleased, openly or secretly, about the Ukraine Airlines tragedy, but the boasting murderers in Washington are no doubt glad the spotlight is now off their actions. Their assassination laid bare their aggression to Iran and their view that Iraq is a powerless US colony.
That is injustice on a grand scale, and it cannot stand.
The Western MSM are doing all they can to keep the focus away from the international outrage regarding Soleimani's murder, of course.
There were protests in Iran after the Ukraine Airlines downing, and it is natural: many students were aboard the airplane, therefore many Iranian students had personal connections with the departed. This is why students led protests.
However, as is the case so often in Iran, counter-revolutionary groups stepped in to dangerously hijack the protests. That is proven by the video circulating of a "protester" dressed like Black Bloc member stomping on and pulling down a picture of Soleimani, a man who just days earlier had inspired millions to publicly attend his funeral.
The orders-of-magnitude support in Iran for the government as opposed to those who want to topple is revealed by the orders-of-magnitude larger turnout for Soleimani compared with the initially sincere, student-led grief protests. This is a simple, factual reality, but - as is the case with every protest in Iran - the Western MSM tries to pervert everything in Iran to topple the popular democratic revolution of 1979.
Of course, they are in overdrive now because they are being told to distract from the Soleimani slaying. That must not last.
Sadness in the world and Iran over the Ukraine Airlines tragedy will continue, especially for the bereaved families.
But if we are judging by responses to accidentally shooting down civilian airliners, one would think people would be clamoring for the fall of the American system and not the Iranian one?
Finally, I'd like to point out that due to Western sanctions airplane tragedies in Iran are woefully common. If the West really wants to make Iranian air travel more safe they could - as any humane person would - allow the sale of replacement parts for these machines which carry so many lives between their wings.
Another way the West could avoid such tragedies? End the hot, cold and assassinating war against Iran.
Iran has accepted responsibility for the mistake - assuming further investigations do not reveal new facts - but the West needs to accept overall responsibility for the Ukraine Airlines tragedy as they fabricated such a dangerous, anti-democratic, inhumane climate of war.
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