I know nothing about it, but I know Russia did it...

Can we hold the propaganda, please?

Before I start, I'd like to point out what I'm not saying. I'm not saying Russia or the Ukrainian separatists for sure did not shoot down the plane. I'm not saying that Kiev did or didn't shoot down the plane. I'm not saying if it's an accident or intentional, mistaken identity or a false flag operation. I don't know of that. And neither does anyone else, excepting the people who actually did the shooting.

And yet I've had several conversations here in Iowa where people just toss out, "Russia shooting down civilian planes..."

Guys, the US government lied to us about WMDs, about who used chemical weapons in Syria, and somehow managed to get rid of not one, but two hard drives with email records and blame it on routine. Their business is to do what they want and make sure we think they're doing it for the right reasons. Obama's "not a smidgen" of corruption isn't true, it's just what they want us to believe: They aren't corrupt at all, trust them.

As far as the Malaysian plane goes, my first thought was that we should send a group in to investigate. But who? You have to immediately rule out all the parties who have taken sides in this conflict prior. That includes Kiev, the US, the separatists, Russia, and the EU as they just want to play nice with the US. So how can we just automatically believe everything the US is throwing at us as evidence against Russia/separatists? The propaganda is too early. The US government is sitting there, having John Kerry say things like "It’s pretty clear that this is a system that was transferred from Russia into the hands of separatists. We know with confidence, with confidence, that the Ukrainians did not have such a system anywhere near the vicinity at that point and time, so it obviously points a very clear finger at the separatists."

I don't want to get into a huge discussion, going through all the evidence that we know and trying to point fingers. I've read a lot of things that question the official US story so far, and if you want to ask questions, here are some good articles:

Guilt by insinuation: How American propaganda works
Awkward Questions for the US-Ukraine
What happened to the Malaysian Airliner?
What the Media Won't Tell You

Remember, I don't know who did it. I'm just saying that the US is jumping the gun by point blame, and they are far too involved in this incident to unbiased or maybe even honest. Don't trust what the mainstream media trumpets as fact; they're in the government's pocket.

Also consider: The missile was made in Russia, but Ukraine using a lot of weapons made in Russia. The US has a satellite over Ukraine, but haven't released any of the images (why?). The YouTube video purporting a discussion between Russian military and the separatists talking about accidentally shooting down a plane is claimed to have the data marks of being made before the event. Just because someone says something is a fact, a damning piece of evidence on the news, doesn't mean it is, doesn't mean that's the only way to look at it.

I think we should wait to hear what an independent committee finds in their investigations.