In response to the critics who feel that President Vladimir Putin is being complicit concerning the deaths of 300 passengers on the downed Malaysian airplane, former Congressman Ron Paul has come to his defense.
These critics in the United States are angry because they believe the Soviet leader is not aggressively pursuing the cause of the crash because they believe Russian weapons were involved in shooting down the plane. Ron Paul thinks that everyone is trying to get into position to make their point of views known, without hard facts pointing to the Russians, Rebels, or even possibly the Ukraine.
Paul believes that one need only look at who would benefit most from downing a commercial airliner to see who really is the cause of this situation. The Ukraine government would benefit tremendously if it were found out that the Russians shot down the plane.
He believes that Putin is too smart to get put in that type of position. The host of Newsmax, John Bachman, was recently quotes saying that he believes because the weapons used to shoot down the plane may have been supplied by Russia that Putin is not eagerly trying to get answers.
Ron Paul was quick to reply that this position did not make sense because ISIS has plenty of weapons supplied by the United States too.
Paul says that the U.S. sent weapons to Syria to help the fight against Al Qaeda, and those weapons could easily wind up in the wrong hands. That doesn’t mean the United States was at fault if the weapons used to shoot down the plane were found to be from America.