...for the scores of Canadians lost in the Ukraine plane crash in Iran.

Sad. Do you think they accidentally hit the plane with a missile? Wonder if someone they wanted dead was on that plane?

Thoughts and prayers from Iowa for all affected.

Shocker!
Had no idea Canadian neighbors were on that plane.
May I express my deepest condolences.

Looks like the "Canadians" all had Iranian names and were dual citizens. How nice, infiltrate us from the North.

The *Captain* of the carrier Harry S. Truman is an Iranian-American that has a Bronze Star as well as other commendations. You saying he is an "infiltrator", too?

Really !

63 Canadians dead & this is your thought process.

F'ck off dickhead !

Tragic, condolences from NH

LOL, get real.

Iranians with Canadian citizenship are still Iranians.

Nidal Hasan

Was he on the plane? You emotional argument is off the rails. And YES this is my thought process. Did Iran put an $80 million bounty on your black face wearing "leader"? Did Iranians say they have sleeper cells in Canada waiting to attack? [bleep] off!

My wife holds both Canadian and U.S. passports and has lived in Canada since 1976. She is more Canadian than she is American though she was born south of the 49th parallel. She is American by birth, but Canadian by choice. We'll keep her, happily.

Lots of Iranis fled the country when the crazies took over. Used to hang out at a bar near the U of MD where the bartender was from Iran. Good guy. Also worked a couple of telecom equipment installs with an older vendor from Iran. Seems like someone who left a Schiffhole country because of a brutal govenment might just be on our side.

That may very well be true, I wonder how many were Christians? I despise Muslims as much as the next guy, but ffs dude.

Persians aren't Arabs. They have a great heritage and are a proud people with justification. I've gone to school with them, had some as friends.

A lot of them hate what's going on, want to get back to a secular society, away from the mullah's and their theocracy.

I think those crazies on the ground lit up one of those Ruskie rockets and shot down the airliner. Why would the Republican Guard be so protective of the black box and the crash site? I think evidence on the ground may well prove what actually happened.

What are they hiding?

That plane was reportedly in top condition and those planes have a great safety record. They just don't burst into flames and crash. Not without some help...

DF

Just breaking news. The Pentagon is quite confident that it was an Iraqi missile that brought the plane down.

Emotional????

YOU are the one that woke up hating and deliberately stupid....AGAIN!

You're not doing a good job of hiding the red flag tattoo on your forehead.

Don't ya know, they have the evidence to prove it without being on the ground.

"Quite confident" means they do know...

DF

Yes you are emotional, no substance, all insults.

And you are clearly an idiot.

Iraqi or Iranian?

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-investigation

This falls under the category of “No shyte, Sherlock”.

Military on high alert, just after take off, under 8000 feet, no Mayday, in flames before it crashed = SAM

I shoulda checked to see if anyone was offering odds.

does anyone know why there were so many Canadians on the flight?

Iranian-Canadians returning home after going back to Iran over the holidays.

Flight goes through Europe not the US. Avoiding hassles I would guess. Quite a few families and students on Christmas break. Truly tragic. My condolences.

Feeding trolls is never a good idea.

Ukraine Airlines has a direct flight from Kiev to Toronto, so it’s an easy transfer.

too bad, travel to the region comes with risks

Pappy348;
Good evening to you sir, I hope that the day was acceptable for you and yours and this finds you all well.

From what I've been able to glean from the news on this side of the medicine line a lot of the folks from Canada were professionals - doctors, nurses, university profs - who had come here for the exact reasons you describe.

Our neighbor across the gully - Cyrus - came to Canada when Khomeini came into power and began to systematically kill all the folks who believed different than Khomeini did. I want to say Cyrus is of the Bahai faith, but I could be wrong about that.

I will say that in the last 28 odd years we couldn't ask for better neighbors. Our eldest daughter bought a Jeep from him that he'd purchased new and again he was just fine to deal with.

Anyway, as mentioned several times previous to this, personally I've got a soft spot for refugees since my maternal grandfather was smuggled out of Russia under a load of hay and my paternal grandfather left Romania with his wife and brother in law and sister as refugees. In that instance the brother in law was AWOL from the Romanian Army and as I understand it even travelling with him would mean everybody got lined up against the closest handy wall and dispatched.

So since Canada was gracious enough to allow my ancestors in more than a century back, hopefully folks can understand my reluctance to be too quick to cast aspersions on other folks in the same boat - sometimes literally.

Without meaning to sound braggadocious, the descendants of those aforementioned refugees - my grandfathers - have contributed to their new homeland in a significant and meaningful manner for that 100 plus year stretch.

I'd imagine that potential was there for any of the folks on that flight, but we'll never know now that they've been killed.

My thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families left behind.

All the best to you folks in 2020 Pappy.

Dwayne

Good evening friend Dwayne, keep spreading the good side of life.

wabigoon;
Good evening to you my friend, I trust that 2020 has been treating you and your fine family well thus far.

As always, you're quite kind to me and I do appreciate that kindness ever so much sir.

While I'm cognizant that there are some folks with evil intent in most areas one cares to look, there's also some constructive and plain old good solid people too.

Anyway thanks again and all the best to you all this year.

Dwayne

Dwayne, it seems evil will always be with us. Keep fighting the good fight.

It is a horrible event, travel anywhere these days is risky. God Bless the victims and their family and friends. The grief will be far reaching and long endured. Very sad.

What I can't stand is how the media is blaming trump for the jet getting shot down.

Trudeau will cry, because those killed were his voter base.