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[–] Somali 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

When Lockerbie was being investigated it took the investigators a few months to figure out it was a bomb. They took all the fragments, transported them, put the plane back together, and, voila, obvious blast hole in the baggage compartment from a bomb. But here everyone knows what happened THE DAY AFTER. Just like MH-17. Putin and Sisi are right to brush it off as bullshit speculation.

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[–] binky 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It would be strategically valuable for Russia if this were a bomb. Putin is either going soft or crafty as fuck.

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[–] tpdplsio 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

It could go either way. If middle-class Russian civilians are going to be subject to terrorism, he might lose domestic support for trying to compete militarily with the US and he doesn't have a lot going for him besides that. I say he'll censor any report concluding it was terrorism in the Russian media. The Egyptians also need that tourism money, which will dry up overnight if it was terrorism.

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[–] Somali 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's also strategically valuable to demonstrate patience and restraint (the biggest sign of balls there is) in the wake of a tragedy like this while everyone else jumps to politically-convenient conclusions without caring for the investigation. This just makes them seem level-headed.

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[–] Del_Taco ago 

Neither. He's waiting to see what the recorders say and not giving in to making idle speculations for the media. After all, the US has to keep its politicians busy. They have the sole concession for making idle speculations to the press.