Ukraine - this is serious
Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 16:02
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 from Amsterdam has been shot down by a ground-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine, ostensibly by eastern Ukraine rebels with a missile supplied by Russia. All 295 people on board have died.
This is an atrocity and a war crime, even if it was a criminally negligent mistake rather than a deliberate action.
It looks as if the rebels, and the Russians, are now going to be required to answer to the international community for a new and dangerous situation in that part of the world. Authorities need to act swiftly, but with awareness that this could escalate into a perilous international war situation.
Putin, especially, now needs to act responsibly with the Ukraine government to ensure this kind of atrocity does not happen again.
Unfortunately, I fear he's no statesman, but rather, too much of a power-crazy political overlord. I hope I'm wrong.
This is an atrocity and a war crime, even if it was a criminally negligent mistake rather than a deliberate action.
It looks as if the rebels, and the Russians, are now going to be required to answer to the international community for a new and dangerous situation in that part of the world. Authorities need to act swiftly, but with awareness that this could escalate into a perilous international war situation.
Putin, especially, now needs to act responsibly with the Ukraine government to ensure this kind of atrocity does not happen again.
Unfortunately, I fear he's no statesman, but rather, too much of a power-crazy political overlord. I hope I'm wrong.