The New York Times says that anyone who couldn't distinguish a passenger plane from a military plane was [ "irresponsible and stupid" and "a war criminal" ](
http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/07/22/are-people-who-shoot-down-passenger-planes-war-criminals-or-hard-to-fault/ ) . Except when the person is an officer in the US Navy.
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https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#04_August_2014_%28NY_Times_on_shoot-down_of_planes%29