Polish President and Army Chief of Staff dead

[Jan Klimkowski]

In theory, what would Russia's motive be if they were, again, responsible?

Myra - it's the geopolitical context.

The Lubyanka suicide bombs, as discussed elsewhere on DPF, were potentially western-inspired false flag attacks, framed within the context of "Islamic Black Widows", intended to tell Putin to join the "War on Terror" and play ball on Iran.

This was followed by the overthrow of the government of Krygyzstan. This revolt seems likely to lead to the US and NATO losing a logistically crucial air base and supply post, and as such may represent Putin's aggressive response to Lubyanka.

If the plane crash is sinister, its message would be crystal clear and symbolically resonant to Poles. Putin would be saying: the NKVD executed your military top brass at Katyn, now I - a "onetime" KBG officer - am wiping out your military high command in the same forest. So, Poles, forget about hosting American or NATO missile bases on your soil.

If this is a correct interpretation, then - in poker terms - Putin has seen the western/NATO bid and raised it.

Massively.