Putin Directly Blames Ukraine for MH17 Shootdown, Because It Crashed In Ukraine

By Bryan Preston 2:15 PM on July 17, 2014

In Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama has met his match for shameless blame-shifting.

#BREAKING: Russia's Putin says Kiev bears responsibility for crash of passenger plane because it was brought down in Ukraine: RIA

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 17, 2014

#BREAKING: Putin says airplane disaster would not have happened if Kiev had not renewed military operation against rebels in east Ukraine

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 17, 2014

Unbelievable.

By the logic of the first statement, then, the actions of Islamist terrorists against Russians in Moscow are Putin’s fault.

h/t The Interpreter

Bryan Preston has been a leading conservative blogger and opinionator since founding his first blog in 2001. Bryan is a military veteran, worked for NASA, was a founding blogger and producer at Hot Air, was producer of the Laura Ingraham Show and, most recently before joining PJM, was Communications Director of the Republican Party of Texas.

Putin Directly Blames Ukraine for MH17 Shootdown, Because It Crashed In Ukraine

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