[cyclecount]

The US has one of the largest contributions of all time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

[ternnoburn]

No clue why this is being flagged. It's a clear example of a SAM being used against passenger aircraft.

[ensignavenger]

Maybe because that incident happened almost 40 years ago?

[isuckatcoding]

Because certain countries immediately evoke knee jerk reaction. Iran bad. US good. Simple black and white view

[varjag]

Sure, although at the time missiles weren't the biggest killer of airline passengers.

[ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7]

You could argue the US is partly responsible for the 2020 disaster as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines...

[creddit]

You could also argue that the earth is flat and lots of people do.

No one can rationally argue that that was partly the US' responsibility, though.

[throwawaysleep]

Not very seriously.

The Iranians shot down a Ukrainian jet with Russian missile. Blaming Americans for the stupidity of Iranians is ridiculous.

[IAmGraydon]

Except...the US isn't partly responsible.