A lot of the reporting such as Rebels stealing from corpses reminds me of the publicity surrounding the Iraq invasion of Kuwait where Iraqi soldiers were accused of emptying babies out of incubators, which was put out by a US public relations company working for the Kuwait government and was untrue.

I don't remember any of this level of united western pressure on the US when they shot down the Iranian passenger plane. Its certainly a coordinated western repsonse to isolate Putin.

Even if Russia is supplying arms to the rebels as its obviously in their best interests, how is this different from the west overthrowing Libya and arming rebels, attempting to overthrow Syria and arming not only the FSA but also terrorist organisations, Or the US usurping multiple governments in South America (and throughout the world).

It appears the west has renaged on an agreement with Russia that Nato wouldn't encroach any closer to their borders.

I think we can again see hypocracy from the West of the highest order.

Lets be honest here, the west don't give a damn about a downed plane or the passengers. All they care about is that they've been given a big stick to beat Putin over the head with to stop him supporting the Ukrainian independants, and thereby allow the Ukrainian government to succeed, thereby giving them full access to Ukraine - which is what all this was about in the first place.

The impetus necessary to unite Europe and other Western allies behind NATO and the US for a more direct intervention in Ukraine where the West is currently floundering is now consuming headlines around the world.

If the downing of MH17 was not a case of tragic misidentification, then answering the first question of any investigation, cui bono - or to whose benefit - is answered resoundingly with, "NATO."