Who needs a proper investigation when western media knew the answer minutes after the plane crashed?
Russia's veto is being presented as a shameful confession of guilt. However, as usual the Western press uses half-truths, hypocrisy and double standards in its spinning of the facts.
First and foremost a tribunal and an investigation are two completely different things. No one in the Western press bothered to remember that immediately after the disaster, the UN Security Council passed Russian drafted Resolution 2166 that among other things:
"3. Supports efforts to establish a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines" andHowever more than a year after the tragedy the investigation has been far from "thorough" and not in full "accordance with international aviation guidelines".
"11. Demands that those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all States cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability".
Comment: The West would prefer a tribunal they can control, so that the party they wish to find guilty will be found guilty, regardless of the facts. See: Sott Exclusive: Voice recording suggests MH17 brought down by bomb on board