Once again the world reels in shock over yet another plane tragedy. This time an international passenger plane is shot down while passing over the battle zone in Eastern Ukraine.

Almost immediately (and probably not unexpectedly) the Western media has launched a campaign of blame against Russia, who are the backers of the Pro-Russian fighters in the area.

An emergency meeting of the United Nations saw members calling for an immediate investigation, while at the same time openly accusing President Putin of complicity.

Putin had, in fact, made an earlier call for an investigation - stressing that any investigation needed to be by a totally independent body of international experts.
Regardless of the truth, he knows the odds are stacked against him as political agendas take precedence over truth.

As one New York-based analyst stated on TV: 'this is turning in to an ‘Alice in Wonderland' whereby the verdict is decided before the trial”.

The words ‘unconfirmed' and ‘if' and ‘unsubstantiated reports' sprinkle much of the reporting.

It has also been reported the US is sending FBI investigators to assist with the investigation.

I really like that one. As in other air crash investigations - for example Trans World Airlines Flight 800 in 1996 and Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie in 1988 - their role will be to protect American interests, should facts start pointing in the wrong direction.

Like the recent MH370 disaster, this recent incident looks to be shaping up to be another full of twists and turns in which it becomes impossible to sift fact from fiction. The victim's families become the real losers as political foes play off against each other like a game of chess.

I Lucas, Brookfield.