[OpusatFR]

Just send Kerry. He could be a more sensative, open negotiator with AlQuada.

I can just hear him ask ever so ernestly in his elite twange, "Whatever is it that you want? It is certainly Bush's fault and I will do whatever it takes when I become president to give you an entre into society.

Pass the carafe."

[Jeff Head]

There is only one language these child killer/terrorists will understand.

...and it is blunt talk.

[smith288]

I have been moving for the past week so I didnt see, who in Washington told Putin to negotiate?

[ohioconservative]

Need to remove liberal media bias from statement below.

"Vladimir Putin has criticized Western European leaders in the wake of the school siege tragedy for urging Russia to negotiate with Chechen rebels, whom he likened to al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden."

There we go -- that's better. That's more truthful than "Western leaders."

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Putin is correct and "Wasington" (Bush admin) is wrong.

The United States should become more nationalistic, and the United States should let other friendly nations become more nationalistic.

Go Russia! Tell the Western nations to shove it! Deal with this as you see fit and teach the "Western nations" how best to respond to terrorists.

[Senator Goldwater]

Good point, Pootie-Poo.

[neutrino]

Putin is right.

Talking won't end this. Killing the terrorists, along with those that support and encourage them, will.

[Netizen]

Putin likened demands by Washington that Moscow negotiate with the separatists in Chechnya -- where rebels are believed to have planned the school siege -- to the U.S. talking to the terrorists behind the September 11, 2001 attacks.

These are not "freedom fighters," Putin said. "Would you talk with Osama Bin Laden?" he asked. Putin said the Chechen separatists are trying to ignite ethnic tensions in the former Soviet Union and it could have severe repercussions.

What a crock! Did Bush suggest they talk with the terrorists? No wonder Putin is mad. What a bunch of double talk to suggest that they need to talk with their enemies while the US does not.

[Westbrook]

Way to go, American State Department.

It's WAY PAST time to contact your Congressional delegation and DEMAND that something be done about the UNBELIEVABLY STUPID State Department and their OUTRAGEOUS behavior towards the Russians with regard to Chechnya!!!!!

[moonman]

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that mid-level officials in the U.S. government were undermining his country's war on terrorism by supporting Chechen separatists, whom he compared to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden."

These 'mid-level officials' are career employees, not Bush appointments. President Bush needs to tell them to shut the hell up or fire the idiots on the spot.

[steplock]

Some days I LIKE Putin ... He has it correct when he states that there is NO TALKING to the murderers of children!

Do you hear that abortionist doctors, lawyers, clergy, and others who advocate the murder of innocent babies??

[Dems_R_Losers]

Tell you what, Putin would go down in history as a madman for doing it, but if I were him I would tell the Chechens they could have their stinking country and then nuke the place. Let them have a smoking hole in the ground that will take them 100 years to clean up. These Chechen terrorists do not deserve their own state any more than the Palestinians do. These people have to learn one way or the other that killing children is not a negotiating strategy! It will only get them death and destruction of their own lands.

[Nov3]

The correct title here is:

"Russia rallies against terrorism"

We are going thave some duplicates