The US, Australia, and the Netherlands should catch the MH17 suspects

Published June 19, 2019 7:46pm ET



The U.S., Australia, and the Netherlands should establish a joint task force to find, capture, and render suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 so that they will face charges issued on Wednesday by Dutch prosecutors.

That would be a justifiably aggressive response to a clear atrocity. After all, the July 17, 2014 downing of MH17 killed 298 innocent civilians as they flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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