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Finding a balance of blame for the Tehran Airplane Disaster

Where does the Blame lie for the Shooting down of a passenger Airplane over Tehran.  As we all know, after America murdered the highly revered Iranian General Soleimani in Iraq whilst he was on a Diplomatic peace mission instigated by the US, Iran gave a very controlled response of targeting American bases, being careful to  not harm a single US service person. The Trump response has been vitriolic in the extreme, desecrating the memory of this soldier and Diplomat, telling lies about him guaranteed to inflame the situation in Iran, and threatening to launch missiles to destroy revered Cultural sites. Under this situation, a few hours after the Iranian missile response, a commercial passenger aircraft left Tehran airport and was shot down by an Iranian missile. The reason given was that the airline had been directed over a military site, engaging a warning system, the operator had 10 seconds to make a decision as to whether it was an incoming missile, and sadly made the wrong one.