Crash in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin is incapable of shame or embarrassment, I’m afraid. He’s certainly not going to admit any guilt for supporting the murderous vandals who managed to kill 298 people on Malaysia Air Flight 17 with a sophisticated anti-aircraft missile. Nor is he going to assist investigators by giving them a clear path to do their work, judging from the refusal on the part of pro-Russian separatists to allow them onto the crime scene.

Ukraine released a video which purportedly shows a missile launcher large enough to shoot down a plane at 33,000 feet leaving the country heading for Russia. There’s no way to verify that it was the one which was fired at MH17, though.

I think Vlad has a bunch of tigers by the tail in Eastern Ukraine who have now brought down the wrath of Europe, Asia and the United States upon him, and he doesn’t know how to get out from under. Therefore he blusters. He’s a champ at that.