Incredible that the Iranians "fessed up. Not really the done thing in international affairs ....
Israel is far from sinking. And no one is leaving.
Why would they leave their homeland?
And will strike the mad mullahs in iran at a time of their own choosing.
I'm certain than any passenger jet leaving Ben Gurion will not be shot down.
Indeed...Incredible that the Iranians "fessed up. Not really the done thing in international affairs ....
You can read that either wayThe Iranian armed forces' statement divided the deceased passengers and crew into two types of victims.
“martyrdom of some dear countrymen and killing of foreign nationals”.
Indeed...
It took longer for the Americans to admit they'd shot down Flight 655...
And the apologies have come quickly too...
America took 8 years to 'recognise the aerial incident', but never admitted legal liability and has never formally apologised!
Makes you wonder about civilised and uncivilised behaviour...
I thought Reagan acknowledged it fairly quicklyWell that makes it OK then
Unofficially, but still some time after...I thought Reagan acknowledged it fairly quickly
Unofficially, but still some time after...
But isn't it amazing how the US loves it when technology shows their foes to be in error, and yet persecutes those who reveal when they themselves commit war crimes
tbf those trigger happy yanks may well have shot it down anyway, you know what they're like, shoot first ask questions later!One would have thought that the sensable thing to have done if u were about to engage in missile attacks on the US bases
Was to stop all civil air craft taking off from the air port
They would have calculated or considered that the US would retaliate?