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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Jul 2014

    Here’s hoping this isn’t our generation’s Archduke Ferdinand moment. #mh17

    9:33 AM - 17 Jul 2014
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      1. Ruud Renssen‏ @ruudrenssen 22 Jul 2014
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        @aral I am surprised however by the increasing war rhetoric by politicians outside The Netherlands like David Cameron or Eliot Engel (2/2)

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      1. Ruud Renssen‏ @ruudrenssen 22 Jul 2014
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        @aral Most people here in Holland don't see it as act of war against Dutch citizens, but as bad luck. So that's a good thing I guess (1/2)

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      1. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral And *THAT* is the thing that currently pisses me off GREATLY.

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      1. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral They _only_ started to divert airplanes, even though they knew there was a captured Buk system in that area, after the incident...

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      1. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral ... due to (guess what): costs.

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      1. ⚡︎ J-S Poupart ⚡︎‏ @jspoupart 17 Jul 2014
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        THIS! ---> @aral: Here’s hoping this isn’t our generation’s Archduke Ferdinand moment. #mh17

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      1. Tady Walsh  🇮🇪 in  🇫🇷‏ @tadywankenobi 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral just saying the same thing here...

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      1. Claire G‏ @AuthorClaireG 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral Yes, indeed. It has the uncomfortable feel of it.

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      1. Ravi Miglani‏ @ravi_miglani 17 Jul 2014
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        That is a scary thought!! “@aral: Here’s hoping this isn’t our generation’s Archduke Ferdinand moment. #mh17”

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      1. Kev‏ @KevinA830 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral powerful

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      1. Raiyan‏ @TripleR309 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral let's hope this isn't

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      1. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral Main problem is that commercial airliners still fly across warzones even though there might be ground-to-air batteries...

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      1. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral Apparently to some history buffs in my circle of friends incidents like these happened a few times before.

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      1. Richard George‏ @parsingphase 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral @benmarsh Russia have been building up to a Mukden Incident for months. May have overblown it though.

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      1. LTN‏ @latteine 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral In case you might be interested — there's nothing on the telly here in Russia right now — they're rolling entertainment talk-shows :/

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      1. John Ahlberg‏ @john_abg 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral yeah, that's what I said too;https://twitter.com/mina2cent/status/489807242737500161 …

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        John Ahlberg @john_abg
        1914: Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo. 2014: #MH17, Pelahiivka? #WWIII #russianmissiles? #ukrainianrebels? #historyrepeating
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      2. Bruce Lawson‏ @brucel 17 Jul 2014
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        @aral jesus. yes.

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      3. Ivan Wilson‏ @iwilsonjr 17 Jul 2014
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        @brucel @aral Hope not. Then again, it could be our KAL007 moment.

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