Putin is not stupid. What possible motivation is there for him to shoot down a civilian airliner? What does he gain?
Oh, he's definitely not stupid, far from it. But the west is weak, and getting weaker by the day. Whether he 'ordered' the firing of that missile or not, they fired it under his regime. He's not been held to account and won't be. It's doubtful he'll be held to account over this atrocity while the weak west keeps their fingers crossed for sunny and windy days to keep their Teslas charged and fight over legislation to ensure a male born can cane a women in the swimming pool. But Putin it was that brought MH17 down, argue the technicalities but he's PIC.