Collateral damage

All these shoot-downs are fundamentally a political and military phenomenon, not a technical malfunction or mere human error. We live in a far more peaceful world than our distant ancestors did, but our deepest cultural traditions are still tribal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 11, 2020, says Iran's admission is an 'important step,' and that it expects the regime to co-operate fully and transparently in the investigation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

January 13, 2020

LONDON, U.K.—One of the main causes of death for airline passengers in recent decades is being shot down by somebody’s military. Not the very biggest, of course: accidents account for nine-tenths of all deaths in civilian airline crashes, and terrorist attacks and...

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