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Why is This terrorism, and that a mistake?
Why are KAL 007, Pan Am Flight 103 and Malaysia airlines 17 called acts of terrorism (whether state sponsored or not)
but Iran 655 was a mere accident.
Is there a double standard?
I give sympathy to everyone who was killed or who have families killed in all these terrible events.
Pan Am 103 was indeed terrorism.
Not enough is known about MH17
But the real murky water is when you talk about Iran 655 and KAL 007.
5 Answers
- The QuestionerLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
KAL was an accident because the radar station crew were fatigued and thought the airliner was a spy plane, Iran was because the radar on the Vincennes was old and the ship was actively under attack. MH-17 is not really a terrorist incident either. It's just people like to throw around that term too freely today.
- RaatzLv 77 years ago
I think it's very unclear if MH17 was a mistake or deliberate. I figure it was a mistake, but who knows with Putin these days. KAL 007 was a mistake and Pan Am 103 was terrorism. Flight 655 was imo terrorism, we just like to pretend we don't do that sort of thing.
- Anonymous7 years ago
The flight should apparently according to officials never have flown over this Country which was is a full blown war zone , shooting war planes out of the sky -passenger aircraft were warned not to fly over this zone - the pilots made a costly mistake by taking this risk....If you listen to the news, Passenger Aircraft were warned NOT to fly over this zone - maybe they should ban aircraft to fly over this zone from here on in....
- ?Lv 47 years ago
How about Iran 655 and KAL 007. In this context, you cannot have it both ways. All 3 were acts of terrorism.
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- Mr97Lv 47 years ago
MH17 was shot down by Russian terroists in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people- EVERYONE. These terroists, like others in Ukraine, are being backed and assisted by VLADIMIR PUTIN, who is a vicious and nasty man. This is clearly state-sponsored terroism.
More sanctions against Russia!