Who coulda guessed?

Iran plane crash: Ukrainian jet was ‘unintentionally’ shot down

Iran says its military “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board, Iran’s state TV reports.

The statement said it had done so due to “human error” after the plane flew close to a sensitive site belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

This is zero surprise whatsoever. However, where things can get arguable is the definition of “unintentional.” I have no doubt that nobody involved explicitly wanted to shoot down a Ukranian jetliner… but I’d bet that a lot of those involved wanted to shot down *something.* The Revolutionary Guard is filled with people like Qasem Soleimani, crazed homicidal maniacs who are less distressed by killing innocent civilians than they are in failing to have killed the *right* innocent civilians.