The OP talked about brinkmanship and how having ones forces on edge can lead to these disasters. I pointed to two other perfectly relevant examples that support his/her comment.

One of the examples just happens to be the US shooting down of an Iranian airliner, which is notable for obvious reasons, but was not intended as some kind of "justification" or other such silliness. I provided the link since younger readers might not be familiar with it (unlike the 2014 incident).

I'm Canadian. My country lost 63 citizens. Another 75 of the victims were residents. 138 souls. So, despite what you assumed, I have no agenda other than learning more about how these things can happen. As of this moment, our Prime Minister is giving a news conference indicating he believes it was indeed an (accidental) missile strike.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/intelligence-indicates-fligh...