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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
The point I was trying to make was they were perfectly aware it could be civilian, they decided to shoot it down any way, not because they were evil murdering b***** but because under stress they almost certainly subconsciously decided to ignore the fact it might be full of women and children and choose the pathway that would protect them the most and, more importantly the pathway that would allow them to act, to assume it was military.
This is how adrenaline and the fight flight response works, it changes our perception of the world around us without us knowing, the idea of doing nothing, neither fighting nor fleeing is almost impossible at that point.
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Very few posters in this thread are arguing that the climate created by Trump wasn't a contributing factor.
However, there is clearly something going on with the investigation, and clearly something that Iran is hiding. It could just be that they don't want to admit how grossly incompetent they are.