Originally Posted by formeraa
Back to the topic at hand, everyone did the right thing during this emergency situation. When US carriers fly from Europe to India, they will by definition fly over (or near) countries that don't currently have good relations with the US. Fortunately, Iran acted resposibly as expected.
Agreed. Kudos to Iran for acting appropriately and not allowing politics to turn the diversion into something more unfortunate.
In terms of politics, our current President has absolutely no idea what he's doing and doesn't care how the world perceives him.
Go directly to OMNI. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Historically, one could argue that they could have legitimately shot down the NW plane (using our own President's logic of shoot first and sort it out later).
No, one could not. There is no "legimate" justification for intentionally downing a diverting civilian airliner. And I daresay if Iran had shot down this distressed flight that it would have been a casus belli.