Arjay

Out of hundreds of commercial airlines in operation globally, the probability of the same airline incurring two major losses with weeks, both in highly suspicious circumstances, both with political overtones, and both the exact same plane model, is stretching the bounds of credibility.

Malaysia is a Muslim country. Unlike Indonesia, which has been in bed with the US-led West since 1966, Malaysia has been an outspoken critic. Taken in the context of the US long-term geostrategic plan to circle China, and the need to keep all SE Asian countries firmly within the US orbit, there are more than a few dots here to be joined

Yes Killarney, finally OLO is printing some truth. Does Graham sense the tide is turning ? Good on Malcolm Fraser for also revealing the truth.I did not like him as PM but now see this man has principles unlike our present pollies.

If we don't confront these evil psychopaths they will take us to war with Russia and China. The BRICS Nations don't need war since they can win the peace and give this planet real prosperity.

Read 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman' by John Perkins. The Banking Military Industrial Complex offer poor countries debt they cannot refuse or their leaders get assassinated or they cannot get Western technology or be allowed to trade with us. They work on corruption to destroy nations from within and totally enslave them in debt. If that does not work as with Gaddafi, they just invade you country and kill you.

The West has become the Evil Empire whose leaders want to reduce the planet's population by 90%.Our leaders here just fall in line with whatever London and Washington wants and will even let we the people be sacrificed for their ultimate goal of a one world Govt run by corporate fascism. http://www.globalresearch.ca/

Greg Maybury must aspire to be another John Pilger, if his article is representative of his worldview. His USA bashing uses the usual formula of massaging the truth using misrepresentations, exaggerations, half truths, and worse.

Russian backed separatists shoot down a civilian airliner in a war zone and Greg Maybury uses it to find a perspective to blast the USA. He then rather breathtakingly claims that the USA is using the incident to promote it's own views.

Anyone who's brain is not disconnected from reality by socialist group think, can discern that Greg Maybury is doing exactly the same thing while claiming that the USA actions are reprehensible. The only thing that Greg got right, is that much of the hysterical reaction in the west is being fuelled by the "corporate" (read Murdoch type) media. Somehow, this equates with official US policy. That the US administration is belatedly reacting to the media criticism of its non response is claimed by David to confirm his worldview that the US government is once again doing something conspiritorial.

Greg uses the western media's hysterical response to hurl a brickbat at the western free press which he claims is biased and unreliable. The only problem with that thinking,is that almost the entire population of every western country has a lot more faith in the veracity of "corporate" news than they do in the rantings of the left wing free enterprise press, as their continuing declining sales have proven conclusively.

Greg's claim that the Dutch are intrinsically different to British and Americans as evidenced by their reaction to the tragedy, is racist and could be actionable under 18C. Careful Greg. Such a racist conclusion could see you expelled from the social climbing socialist set, for conduct unbecoming an ideological zealot.

Next Greg cl;ai8ms that the yanks and even Tony Abbot are talking like "Imperial" leaders. That's funny, I thought that the only "imperial" actions taking place in the Ukraine was the re establishment of the Russian Empire which is something that completely escaped Greg's eagle eye.

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Greg then uses MH-17 to bash the USA on it's arming of insurgent groups. Reality check, Greg. For all of it's history, the Soviet Union (which is a euphemism for "Russian empire") armed every terrorist group in the world (including the IRA) that would cause trouble in the west. This nuclear armed evil empire was destroyed when the USA used exactly the same tactics on the Sovs, as they had been using on us. You may think that is reprehensible, but there are an awful lot of Poles, Germans, Czechs, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Romanians and yes, even Ukrainians who would consider your worldview to be incomprehensible.

Greg equates he US shooting down of a commercial jet in the Gulf with the MH-17 disaster without bothering to point out the differences. The US navy was involved in convoy escort work and had already suffered 28 dead as a result of an Iraqi Exocet strike on the US frigate Stark. The Iranian jet was flying in a war zone and had idiotically switched off it's transponder, and had engaged in enhanced stupidity by refusing to identify itself on the radio when challenged by the USS Vincennes. The USA's refusal to apologise was because it was primarily the Iranians own fault, and why should the USA apologise to a renegade regime that put US diplomatic staff through mock executions?

LEGO says Russia has an Empire ? Outside Russia they have 9 military bases and most of those are in the former Soviet Union. The USA has 800 + military bases outside their country with 40 alone surrounding Iran. Try telling some truth for a change LEGO.