Comment: How charming. And yet the MSM continues to berate the rebels and the Russians, who have been fully supportive of a peaceful, intensive, international investigation.
In Washington, President Obama demanded Monday that Russia use its influence to compel pro-Russian separatists to allow the investigators full access to the victims and the crash site.
Comment: Donetsk's leaders have publicly stated their total willingness to provide international investigators security and access.
Noting that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has declared a demilitarized zone around the crash site near the Russian border, Obama said the rebels who control the area are continuing to block an investigation, are removing evidence from the scene and are mishandling the remains of passengers and crew among the 298 people who were killed when the plane was shot down Thursday over eastern Ukraine.
Comment: Obama lies and continues to make unsubstantiated statements regarding what's going on in Donetsk. The rebels have done all they can to secure the site until investigators arrived, which they took their sweet time doing. They complied with OSCE requests to secure the crash site and scattered remains as well as they could. Keep in mind that it is a war zone, they lack the resources, and again, the investigators took days to arrive.
Comment: Of course they do. This is the narrative that gives NATO justification for attempting to light the Russian border on fire.
'Fun' fact: The Buk missile is noted for its heavy exhaust trail when launched. Not one witness has mentioned seeing this nor has any alleged video of the event shown a smoke trail going from ground to sky. One of many pesky details of this tragic event.