[CondoleezzaProtege]

The largest school massacre in history took place in Beslan, Russia in 2004. Left 337 people, mostly children, dead. Granted it was a terrorist hostage siege.

And just last year a spree of axe-wielding teens in neo-Nazi regalia wreaked havoc across schools in Siberia and the heartland of the country.

[proust]

came to post that about Beslan. How quickly they forget.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Beslan, Russia in 2004.”

Exactly. Putin is saber-rattling. Whatever. *Rolleyes*

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Western subculture builds its matrix on the cult of violence.”

Well, we ARE a FREE country that, for SOME reason, tolerates Socialists, Communists, Fascists and pretty much ALL the types of people Putin enjoys.

It’s a mixed bag, when you’re a Representative Republic. Still the best game going, though! ;)

[x]

This person was under the strong influence of Western subculture," said Sergey Mikheyev, a political analyst speaking on a nightly current-affairs show on Russian state television.

Russia's not a part of the West?

[dljordan]

“neo-Nazi regalia”

Is that anything like Neo-Con regalia?

[MrEdd]

Cornaya baby.

[LeoTDB69]

“The one who has a weapon in his hands is right. This is a purely American approach to the matter”

Wrong. This is an historical truth. Why do nations parade their missiles, show off their might. The concept that might makes right dates back long before America was even a nation.

[Brilliant]

They bought the Dems’ lies.

[metmom]

No, blame the terrorists.

[supremedoctrine]

The documentary on the Beslan massacre was possibly the greatest and most profoundly sad piece of film I’ve ever seen. It’s a perfect book-end, as far as the realpolitik of what is possible to happen in Russia, as the Russian anti-war film COME AND SEE, by Elem Klimov, from the mid-80s.

[SpaceBar]

My first reaction was how dare this KGB bastard blame his own problems on U.S. ‘culture’, but on further thought, perhaps old Vlad, in a ham-handed way, is taking a swipe at Hollywood and their over-the-top glorification of uber-violence centering around guns, who at the same time lecture us about the evils of guns. I don't think he's talking about the rancher who shoots vermin, or a myriad of other legitimate uses. If that's what Putin meant, then I actually agree with him.

[McGruff]

Ukraine is lucky the Russians didn’t blame them for this. It would be easy to do and it wouldn’t have turned out well for Porkychenko.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Two days now and no mention of it on the nightly news (ABC).

[Natufian]

Putin playbook - everything bad comes from outside, everything good comes from us. It works for a while but, as the saying goes, you can fool some of the people some of the time....

[trebb]

That means the KGB was just like American culture...and Stalin was there in spades...

[montag813]

The one who has a weapon in his hands is right. This is a purely American approach to the matter,

Um, yeah. And the "Russian approach" is non-violence and cooperation, like Stalin practiced.