Iran admits it unintentionally shot down passenger jet

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@simonize

this seems like a tragic mirror-image repeat of the shooting down of Iran Air flight 655 by the USS Vincennes.

Repeating from another thread:

@Wanderfound

Similar, but not equivalent.

There is a meaningful difference between:

a) Accidentally shooting down an airliner in your own territory during a period in which you have very good reason to suspect imminent attack, and

b) Accidentally shooting down an airliner over the targets territory, far from your own land, while acting as the de facto navy of a third country that is currently engaged in a brutal and unjustified war of conquest against the target.