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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
No they weren't, but the guys sitting in that truck were probably expecting they would die when the Americans hit back. Very first thing the US would blow up with cruise missiles or stealth bombers would be the air defence system. In that context you can see why something like this can happen.
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I don't buy that at all, they shot into a civilian air corridor at a plane that was probably screaming hey I'm an airliner, while gaining altitude which is not the profile of a cruise missile or attack bird.
They were stupid or incompetent, that will hopefully be up to a court to decide.
If the American's had done this shoot down like the Vincennce incident in the modern day of the internet would people be as sympathetic towards the Americans? I have my doubts.