Captain Rogers the Captain of The Vincennes the person responsible for shooting down the Irani plane was decorated on his return to the US.
The planes passengers were mainly women and children on a short flight shopping excursion, included in the 290 dead were 66 children.
Trigger-happy US ships Captains can be honoured as heroes after murdering 290 innocent people while the US tells the rest of the world how they should behave.