The fate of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is still unknown, but everyone has a theory about how we got to this place. I have a theory that involves the U.S. military-industrial complex and a cold war era strategy that might ensure Russia’s play in the Crimea.
The 777 disappeared over the waters near Vietnam on Saturday. Early reports suggested the plane may have turned around at some point. The only evidence of this are reports/images of what is perceived to be an oil slick over the ocean where the plane might have been. Instead of turning this into The Event, I want to offer the suggestion that the plane either (A) Crashed or (B) was landed. My theory works better with the crash scenario, because it removes all possibility of witnesses. In fact, my theory suggests the plane and the passengers didn’t matter at all.
Recently the U.S. sent a warship into the region to aid the search. What if that was the goal? What if the whole thing was about getting the US vessel into dangerous waters? Imagine for a moment that our ship is sunk as a result of a military or even terrorist attack. Attention would shift away from the Crimea so fast that we’d forget it ever happened. That’s the moment Putin would swoop in and reabsorb the Ukraine with nary a shot fired.
This makes sense, because unless we get involved in a significant way, NATO isn’t going to do anything about the situation. Yep, its a theory.