Where vengeance follows mourning

The Times (UK) ^ | 9/6/04 | Sebastian Smith

[WestTexasWend]

Mark your calendar for Oct 13. I think that's 40 days, the traditional mourning period for Orthodox Christians.

[Pete98]

"Cycle of revenge?"

Leftist code words for "Take your beatings quietly and don't hit back."

No, I don't want to start a cycle of revenge. Instead I would rather hit my enemy so hard that he never gets up again to take revenge.

[Bubba_Leroy]

“We will mourn first,” said Ruslan Khadikov, 33, in Beslan. “Then we will find out who has done this and we will kill them all.”

Sounds reasonable to me.

[Bobibutu]

OBL - watch your back.

[Semper Paratus]

The vengeance for this will go on for generations.

[WestTexasWend]

"Instead I would rather hit my enemy so hard that he never gets up again to take revenge."

Yup. Worked in Japan.

[MrNatural]

..the only Christians among the mountain tribes on the north face of the Caucasus..

Gee, and to what religion, pray tell, do the other tribes belong...?

[DuncanWaring]

“We will mourn first,” said Ruslan Khadikov, 33, in Beslan. “Then we will find out who has done this and we will kill them all.”

I like this guy.

[xJones]

The Russians are part of the vicious circle. Hatred of Caucasians in general and Chechens in particular is widespread, as anyone in Moscow with dark, southern features soon finds.

Racial profiling, Chechenphobia in Moscow, how terrible. It couldn't be the apartment bombings a few years ago, the recent plane crashes, the theater massacre, etc. that has caused suspicion in the Muscovites?

How un-PC, they need American airport security training classes. They'll learn to check everybody but the Chechans, and be better people for it.

[PokeyJoe]

pass the bacon grease lubricated ammo!

[Ken H]

"Cycle of revenge?" -- Leftist code words for "Take your beatings quietly and don't hit back."

Exactly my thoughts.

It's like the phrase, "understanding the root causes" of Islamist terror.

[clee1]

Ruslan Khadikov in 2008!

[CurlyDave]

If the muslims were to discover that they had bitten off more than they can chew, we should all contribute to the Christian cause.

I am not talking about charity for the victims. The avengers need a plentiful supply of ammunition.

[The_Media_never_lie]

"Cycle of revenge?" -- Leftist code words for "Take your beatings quietly and don't hit back." Exactly my thoughts.

It's like the phrase, "understanding the root causes" of Islamist terror.

Another, my favorite: "Fighting a more sensitive war on terror".

[jordan8]

The Caucasus is one of the most ethnically diverse and volatile areas in the world

But, but, but, diversity is our strength! It makes the sun shine brighter, the flowers smell sweeter, and the restaurants, oh, the restaurants!

In the north, dozens of tiny mountain nations speaking separate languages were thrown together in autonomous entities created by Stalin in the 1930s with an eye to divide and rule.

Same program here.

Now, it may be the turn of North Ossetians. “We will mourn first,” said Ruslan Khadikov, 33, in Beslan. “Then we will find out who has done this and we will kill them all.”

Sounds like a plan.

[struwwelpeter]

Vostok - delo tonkoe.

[Fiddlstix]

Hmmmmmmm............
Sounds to me like these guys ain't got no plans to "cave in" the way Spain did a while back.........

[thegreatbeast]

From another article: Alan Kargiyev, university student in Vladikavkaz:

"Fathers will bury their children, and after 40 days [the Orthodox Christian mourning period]... they will take up weapons and seek revenge."

[broadsword]

I like this guy.

So do I. If I had a way of doing it, I would send him money for ammunition and supplies. Good luck and all success to him.