Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
I don't get the Iranians trying to deny it happened. Surely the approach of 'a tragic accident has happened as a result of turning on our air defence systems against the great Satan. After our proportional response to Trump's assassination of our military general we attempted to defend ourselves from further aggression and etc etc etc' is miles better than the utterly implausible denial approach they are taking now?

Seems to me they have an awfully easy way out of this one, not sure why they don't take it.
Because they don’t have to. Who do they need to impress? Their populace is cowed and powerless and they could give a fùck what the rest of the world thinks. America’s enemies will blame America and its enemies will blame Iran regardless.