[tioga]

And kerry would wage a more "sensitive" war with terrorists.

[camle]

think that'll get the ruskies to join the fight against terrorism?

[cwiz24]

We should be careful about initial reports of number of casualties. Remember how often numbers were revised for September 11th? Although, there is a report that a wall or the ceiling collapsed in part of the school. Still--confirmation of true numbers is forthcoming.

I just don't want to believe that these poor children have been murdered.

[neutrino]

Yes, these were some of the youngest children. They weren't allowed to drink water, so they were too weak to flee.

mo-slimes murdering helpless infants. How typical.

So, are we fed up with mo-slimes yet? Or will we continue to be "tolerant"?

[pabianice]

Clearly, they need a Kerry as president, to fight a more sensitive war against terrorism...

[zencat]

I would have to know the details on the ground, but in principle I agree with the use of force in this type of situation.

When militants takes hostages, it doesn't matter. The whole practice of hostage taking loses much of its leverage potential. The message it sends: you can't hide behind children or anywhere - - We're coming.

[CurlyBill]

Will Russia finally wake up and take their fight with these Islamists outside of the Chechen borders?

[l33t]

Russian security services are incompetent and corrupt. Meanwhile Russians chear jihadi attacks on US troops in Iraq and supply Iran with nuclear technology.

[CatoRenasci]

The Russians should follow Mongol tactics: 1,000 dead Chechins for every person killed by the Terrorists. Soak them all in pig fat, cut off their heads and stack the heads up in pyramids at the entrance every Chechin city. Or impale any captured terrorists, pour pork fat overthem and let pigs eat their intestines. If that doesn't stop the terrorism, simply add the Chechins to the list of peoples such as the Cathegenians who have vanished.

[EagleUSA]

I would hope this would make Putin stand up and commit, on a worldwide basis, to the war on Islamo-Fascist Terror. While these words -- are one in the same -- I personally am tired of the liberal media discounting exactly WHO today's terrorists really are.

The are ALL MUSLIM/ISLAMICS.

[kidd]

How long will Reuters continue to protect this scum???

Its 100 dead school children, not 100 bodies.

The charges were detonated by Muslim terrorists, not simply attackers. And if Julian Manyon of ITV said something about the detonation of the charges, why not quote him directly rather than paraphrase him?

The Russian troops attempted a rescue mission, they didn't just "storm" the building (like it was simply a display of testosterone). And it wasn't a two-day seige, it was a two-day hostage crisis and occupation of a school building.

[EmilyGeiger]

How horribly sad! Hopefully all of these "undecideds" will realize how easily this could happen again in America and will vote for Bush. I hope they capture the terrorists that got away.

[P-Marlowe]

When this is over they need to outlaw Islam and nuke Chechnya.

[itsamelman]

It's probably not the dog's fault. Another dog, perhaps one of its leaders like Yasser Arafat or Osama bin Laden, almost certainly infected it. It may look like a teenage Palestinian boy-- or today, even a teenage Palestinian girl. But that's your child it's menacing.

You can't negotiate with it. You can't reason with it. You can't talk it out of tearing your child's throat out and ripping her limbs off, as often happens when it uses a bomb. There is only one thing to do that's safe for your child, and it's probably the most humane thing for the dog as well. If you're part of civilized humanity, it's not only your right but also your responsibility to do it.

[JATO]

Whatever the capital of cheeeechneeeeeahhhhhh is, it should be EVAPORATED mucho presto bingo.
(excuse my pure Castellian Spanish)

(Jihad = "TOTAL WAR", not "holy war")

[JATO]

Whatever the capital of cheeeechneeeeeahhhhhh is, it should be EVAPORATED mucho presto bingo.
(excuse my pure Castellian Spanish)

(Jihad = "TOTAL WAR", not "holy war")

[blurb]

Russia: "Why do they hate us?"

Hmmmm I thought it was the US that squandered international goodwill by going to war in Iraq. I thought we brought 9-11 upon ourselves. Could it be that Islamo-terrorists don't just hate Jews and Americans? Could it BE?

[bray]

Yaaawn would be apologizing to the terrorists right now! We need to give everything we have to make sure this doesn't happen. Let's Roll!!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[WorkingClassFilth]

Good God. I hoped it wouldn't come to this. There is only one way to stop these attacks.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Russkies did the right thing.

The only negotiation with terrorists/kidnappers/hostage-takers should be "Surrender or die."

Compromise on one thing with one terrorist/kidnapper/hostage-taker, and you get more terrorists/kidnappers/hostage-takers.