No civilised person can deny that the hostage-takers have taken barbarity and inhumanity to new depths. But in President Putin, they are up against a leader who has as little regard for human life as they do.
Oh,he doesn't deny it, he does excuse it though.
Perhaps Putin is the bitter pill needed to cure what ails
them.
Putin did the right thing. The author is right that the Russkies simply aren't as efficient or well trained as we are, but make no mistake: there was no other solution in this than the death of all or most of the terrorists. I hope Mr. Putin has finally figured out that Bush's "with us or against us" applied to him, too, and now knows which side of this war he's on.