Paphitis:
Cameron is under no obligation under any regulations that I know of to report the Thompson Incident to the Russians.
Really? So if it had been a British tourist flight that had been bought down, then it transpired that a Russian flight had been ‘
attacked’ two months before and Putin decided not to tell anyone ...... you would have been OK with that?
My arse! You would have been at Putin’s throat for being at least criminally irresponsible if not just a murdering bastard. This is what Cameron did when he kept mum and, not only that, he put the lives of thousands of other UK tourists at risk as well as Russian tourists.
All these steps were completed by Thompson and the conclusion was that it was a military projectile from a nearby Egyptian Military Exercise. It was not a missile and it would be unlikely that the airliner would escape if it was some kind of MANPAD.
Again apply a bit of common sense! A
military exercise using ‘
missiles’ on the approach glide path to an airport that, whilst quite small airfield, had a large volume of civilian traffic? Sorry, that is just not plausible.
The ‘
missile’ comment I agree with, people will automatically think ‘
guided missile’ ...... but an anti-tank rocket( 'unguided missile’ ..... low speed proportionally[/i]) fired at an aircraft at that height and speed certainly had a possibility that it would strike its target.
The British Government did what they had to do under law.
Sorry, that is bullshit! What law says you must not tell if a civilian airliner is aimed at, even though it missed?
Also, the International Community, the British Government, Dutch Government, German Government, Australian Government, and Malaysian Government still await for Pootin's (The mans name is Putin ..... you do not have to mimic the Yanks ignorance and disrespect!) full cooperation on the downing of MH17 that was bought down by a BUK Missile.
You are quick to present the law as a defence. The law also says innocent UNTIL proven guilty and the ones that have the evidence to prove Putin's '
guilt', if their accusations are true on the downing of MH17, are the US and Ukraine Governments respectively.
Now ask yourself .... why did Cameron keep his mouth shut when a simple phone call to the Whitehouse/Kremlin would have been a sensible response? CUI BONO? He managed to contact the Whitehouse and pass on the intelligence ............ but not the Kremlin? Maybe Putin was engaged and Cameron forgot to call again or leave a message?
Hmmmmm ..... was he told to keep his mouth shut? I would guess that there are few US citizens flying into Sharm ............. most of the flights carry Russians, could it not be that a few dead Russians would only affect Russia? The CIA did this before (successfully) on a Cuban flight (
can’t remember the details) the mastermind was identified as an anti-Castro Cuban and the CIA. He fled to Miami with the assistance of the CIA before he could be put on trial. He was and is still is protected by the CIA! (
surprise, surprise). So the US (
CIA) has form on this sort of escapade.
You should try apply reason instead of just hatred for Putin ......... you might then come to a more reasoned conclusion!