I've been putting off posting about the tragic shooting down of Malaysian Airlines MH 17 until there was more information but it's now obvious that answers will be slow in coming. It's heart breaking  to think of all those lives lost for no reason and my heart goes out to those who have lost family or friends. That there were so many children makes it all the more tragic. The one definite thing is that it is unlikely to have happened if not for Russian meddling in the Ukraine and none of the blustering of the Russian government nor Vladimir Putin's attempt to put the blame on the Ukraine can change that.