I almost can't believe this. It's been months. It's crazy, as if you were down a rabbit hole looking for the Red Queen & finding the Mad Hatter drunk.
Agree, agree. :gaah:
I don't think that the rescue team and the OSCE in the region can do much about it. And there has been heavy fighting at the location during recent weeks. But still.
IMHO the endless delay is a direct consequence of the Dutch decision not to negotiate with the separatists.
There may be sound political grounds for such a decision, but the consequences are ominous. Delays, delays and more delays. Plus lots of babble about
safety of our team members.
Meanwhile, various journalists were able to reach the crash site with no obvious problems, while the rescue teams had to travel for hours on, if the 'safety situation' allowed them to travel at all.
Malaysia took a neutral stand. This allowed their PM to negotiate with the separatists and achieve the release of the bodies and the black boxes. That man deserves a medal and our eternal gratitude.
The Dutch Government may claim that they are dedicated to return to the crash site and to get to the bottom of this.
However, in the grand scheme of things, they are only 'dedicated'
after a litany of bureaucratic requirements has been complied with, and unfortunately, that is their main priority.
If it had not been for a handful of journalists who went to see for themselves, we would never have known about this.
Surviving families of some Dutch victims are taking the government to court for neglect. Rightly so, IMHO. While the Dutch government cherishes it's noble principles, stray dogs in the region run off with bones that may have been left behind. (*)
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(*) There was a mention of this in July or August, when inhabitants of the surrounding villages were interviewed.
Some body parts, limbs had been laying in a field and one day they were gone, the villagers had not seen any rescuers and assumed that the dogs had taken the parts to the woods.
If I remember correctly, I did not copy it at the time, because I found it too shocking. I regret that now.
Anyway, dogs will be dogs. Same for wolves. I do not doubt that they will do this if they are given the chance.
Let's hope the fire brigades salvaged all remains.