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ANALYSIS-Putin might risk bloody end to school siege
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| 02 Sep 2004 15:14:00 GMT
| Douglas Busvine
Posted on 09/02/2004 1:18:45 PM PDT by Destro
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:18:46 PM PDT
by
Destro
To: Destro
Negotiate with terrorists, and you will get more terrorism.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:19:37 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: Destro
I'd wager that it was a little more than a coincidence that Basayev's death brigades went after a school of Christian kids.
Not that he's been too shy about killing Muslims or anybody else in Ingushetia, Dagestan, or Kabardino-Balkaria.
Is CNN still calling them rebels?
To: Angelus Errare
I think he will blow them all away...
To: Destro
Chechen separatist militants = Islamic Terrorists.
Come on, Reuters, say it. Losers.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:21:32 PM PDT
by
LikeLight
(__________________________)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Negotiate with terrorists, and you will get more terrorismYes, but it is hard to sit back and let them kill kids. I do not envy Putin in this situation.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:21:50 PM PDT
by
KJacob
(God's purpose is never the same as man's purpose.)
To: Destro
The real question is what the Russians will do AFTER this is over, especially if there are significant numbers of children killed.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Fox is reporting (Fox News Alert btw) a loud explosion at the school.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:24:04 PM PDT
by
abnegation
(John Kerry makes any sane person ill.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
no, you release the prisoners, send them to Chechnya (however you spell it) and then nuke them all.
How about slow acting poison? Or a bomb implanted inside each one?
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:24:23 PM PDT
by
eccentric
(aka baldwidow)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"We could be on the eve of the next war." Or put more accurately, "We could be the next ones to recognize that we are at war."
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:25:10 PM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(the real enemy seeks to devour what is good)
To: KJacob
Putin may very well have his hand forced soon. So far, reports are that the terrorists are refusing to accept food deliveries. Well, people can go without food for quite a while but if there is no access to drinking water in there, or the terrorists are not allowing the kids to get to it, this whole thing will have to come to a head in the next couple of days. Horrible situation, to be sure.
11
posted on
09/02/2004 1:27:29 PM PDT
by
mitchbert
(Facts Are Stubborn Things)
To: Destro
Gas the place with BZ gas.
12
posted on
09/02/2004 1:28:53 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
To: kinsman redeemer; Angelus Errare
Christian Ossentians are being goaded by al-Qaeda's Chechen branch to launch revenge attacks on Muslim Ingusentians who are by inlarge peaceful. So like Bin Laden sending Saudis to carry out 9/11 they sent in Ingush Muslim terrorists fighting for the Chechens in order to spread the war out if Chechnya. That is what the author means by "We could be on the eve of the next war."
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:29:36 PM PDT
by
Destro
(Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
To: Pearls Before Swine
What will the Russians do?? Do? The Russian people will grumble if there are dead children and get on with it.
Terrorists will plan the next target knowing it is a suicide operation and Putin will fine tune the military response troops. As wrenching as it is, being more sensitive is not the answer. Putin is KGB and tough as nails.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:29:54 PM PDT
by
wingnuts'nbolts
(Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole.)
To: Destro
This is what happens when you sit around and play defense. After the theatre tragedy, Putin should have wiped Chechnya off the map with an all-out offensive.
Sadly, Putin has joined a long line of failed Russian leaders. Even Yeltzin had a bigger set.
To: KJacob
This situation is HORRIBLE. I pray for the survival of the kids and hostages.
When this siege is over, Putin has got to do something. This last week or so has been evidence that doing nothing = mild appeasement.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:30:19 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: wingnuts'nbolts
Putin is KGB and tough as nails. LOL. More like tough as gummy bears.
To: Destro; Pearls Before Swine
"We could be on the eve of the next war."
Now there's a BRILLIANT observation!
"The real question is what the Russians will do AFTER this is over, especially if there are significant numbers of children killed.
Yup!
There's only ONE THING that the Russians love more than their Motherland - their children.
And I can't blame them for that one bit.
One added observation - the Russians are not as held back by "political correctness" as we.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:32:00 PM PDT
by
RonHolzwarth
("History repeats itself - first as tragedy, then as farce" - Karl Marx)
To: Destro
ANALYSIS-Putin might risk bloody end to school siegeAnother poster on a different thread had a good suggestion; that the Russians round up say 500 Chechens and chain them to the schoolhouse.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:33:39 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: KJacob
I do not envy Putin in this situation. As John Kennedy said, lower level staff can handle decisions concering right and wrong. The President's job is to choose between awful and Gawdawful. That would apply to Putin or any country's leader.
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posted on
09/02/2004 1:34:09 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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