SO who really did shoot down the Malaysian airplane over the Ukraine?

The answer to the question is: I haven’t a clue.

I know the West is saying that Russia or people who support Russia in the Ukraine are responsible.

Russia says that it did not and that the Ukraine was responsible. The only tangible evidence that they have shown is Ukraine fighters flying in that area.

However, to get to the truth will take many months.

What I can tell you is that Russia shot down a civilian plane some years ago which the Russians thought was spying for America; it was agreed that it was a mistake.

The Ukrainians shot down a civilian plane from Israel, by mistake they said, but no repercussions.

The Americans shot down a civilian plane and paid out more than $60 million in compensation, but did not admit liability.

What you have to ask is who stands to gain the most? Did Russia really want to pick a fight with the West? I find that hard to believe.

America definitely wants Europe to spend more on arms and to be aggressive against Russia.

America supported the Ukraine revolution to overthrow a legitimately elected government; the US president says Russia must learn it cannot interfere with any internal sovereign state.

America or Britain and Europe have interfered in recent years with Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, usually to the detriment of the people living in these countries and have lied to do it.

So what makes these countries so different to the Ukraine? Can you not see the hypocrisy of this system? The cherry picking of the bits we want? This is not diplomacy and our leaders are hypocrites.

If Russia can stop the fighting in the Ukraine, as America says, then America can stop the fighting in Israel.

We get what we deserve; therefore we must have done something very wrong to get this government with no morality or religious beliefs.

Ian Greenhalgh Smithills