UPDATED: Clinton: It 'Had To Be' Ukraine Separatists Who Shot Down The Plane
Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2014, 06:59 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: TPM
By DYLAN SCOTT Published JULY 17, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In a Thursday interview with PBS News's Charlie Rose, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that if Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down, it was likely by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine using equipment that came from Russia.
“The questions I’d be asking is who could have shot it down, who had the equipment -- it’s obviously an anti-aircraft missile. Who had the expertise to do that?” Clinton said. "There does seem to be growing awareness that it probably had to be Russian insurgents."
She cautioned, however, that the investigation was still ongoing and final determinations had not yet been made. But if rebels were responsible, Clinton added, their equipment likely came from neighboring Russia.
“If there is evidence pointing in that direction, the equipment had to come from Russia. What more the Russians might or might not have done, we don't know,” she said. “There is a great deal of concern that, not only was a civilian plane shot down, but what this means about the continuing conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the role that Russia is playing.”
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UPDATE:
At the time I posted this article, the TPM headline appearing over it was; "Clinton: Plane 'Probably Had To Be' Shot Down By Rebels In Ukraine." It was brought to my attention TPM changed their headline to what it now is, "Clinton: It 'Had To Be' Ukraine Separatists Who Shot Down The Plane." I've now brought the headline of this OP in line with the TPM change.
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mind the "acting like hitler" comment she made in reference to what putin was doing. But, then I'm not a putin fan and there was an historical similarity. But, I guess bringing up "hitler" even if it's true is verboten
you noted is there, and people trying to ignore it or pretend it isn't there are whistling in the dark. We haven't seen land-grabbing on a massive scale in that region since a certain mustachioed asswipe went looking for "living room." No one is saying that he's the whole "Hitler" package, but they are saying that he's doing the same thing when it comes to acquiring territory that a certain hyperbolic Austrian did. It's really not a "Godwin" reference in that context!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/22/us-ukraine-crisis-lithuania-idUSKBN0EX0KY20140622
Putin) uses nationality as a pretext to conquer territory with military means. That's exactly what Stalin and Hitler did. Such comparisons are spot on."http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2698917/It-time-stop-appeasing-Putin-resolve-Cameron-Hammond-warns-EU-veiled-dig-Merkel.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/18/it-s-finally-time-for-the-west-to-stand-up-to-putin.html
what hitler did and what putin is doing, MADem.
There are enough people around here trying to cover putin's ass and show how bad the USA is.. that bringing hitler into the putin equation is shocking their sensibilities. 
"Wreckage? What wreckage? Oh....you mean that pile of burning metal over there? Oh goodness!!! WHO could have done THAT? I'm shocked, I tell you....shocked!!!!"
Intense 
for the irony impaired!
...should shut its facehole when talking about where guns and other killing shit comes from!!!
Rufus T. Firefly: Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we ought to have?
Chicolini: Well, I tell you what I think, I think we should have a standing army.
Rufus T. Firefly: Why should we have a standing army?
Chicolini: Because then we save money on chairs.
Another War. I can hear the drums beating, and the Devil Laughing!
Only change Iran to where you want.
Then again, that's par for the course. Whether some of you like it or not, she was SOS for 4 years and knows the parties involved in this conflict.
Furthermore, her assessment was correct.
“The questions I’d be asking is who could have shot it down, who had the equipment -- it’s obviously an anti-aircraft missile. Who had the expertise to do that?” Clinton said. "There does seem to be growing awareness that it probably had to be Russian insurgents."
