To be fair the US is usually the one making questionable alliances with nongovernment actors in the region.

US once these governments lose any perceived control: “first time?”

No shit. It was originally and explicitly stated in the initial reporting that the plane was shot down.

The only problem I see is using 8x slots instead of 16x slots for double the storage

I like to tell myself “the scope of the feature is simple enough that it’s unnecessary”