Complex sentence: Shortly after the 17 July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Eastern Ukraine, the option of sending military commando forces to retrieve the victims was proposed by several politicians because the flight had a majority of Dutch passengers and cooperation with local power holders was difficult.
Split into simpler sentences: Shortly after the 17 July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Eastern Ukraine the option of sending military commando forces to retrieve the victims was proposed by several politicians. This because the flight consisted of a majority of Dutch passengers and that cooperation with local power holders was difficult.