You really think that cynically? I do sometimes. I believe MH17 was shot down by a BUK that was under the control of groups allied with the US State Department. Distraction event. The end result couldn't have been worse for the DS though. This aircraft being shot down by Iran shows them on the world stage for the thugs they are, and is also a painful reminder their technology is no match for us. If some rogue, desperate element of the DS had access to tech that could have done GPS spoofing, transponder echoing or some other such thing to trick the Iranians - then I would suspect it has to be someone who was under Soleimani in the Revolutionary Guard, and not some controlled asset of the DS. An analogy here would be we know for a fact that MS-13 was being used as street-level operators for the Clinton Black Ops Subswamp. Debbie Wasserman Shulz and the Awan brothers and wannabe gangstas like Strozk and Vendman. Thinking they are their own CIA. Probably lots of assists from Mossads to prop up their egos while they are getting played because they are actually clowns. So in this accurately described paradigm, with MS-13 being bag-men and wet-workers for the Clintonista Tribe, when the leaders are arrested, there are no longer direct contacts with the foot soldiers. In other words, cut off the head and the external handlers don't have control over the soldiers. The Revolutionary Guard will have been the same way. Perhaps quickly executive a half-planned operation from before dear leader got his anus inverted.