Posted on 09/11/2004 2:58:39 PM PDT by El Conservador
I strongly suspect, that when Russia DOES respond - their response will be sufficiently brutal, destructive and effective to remove all doubts of their "weakness" in this struggle...
I encourge them, and will applaude them if they reduce several Islamanazi stronghold cities to rubble and 10s of thousands of deaths...
Time for SOMEONE to deliver the APPROPRIATE level of destruction and death to our enemy....
We have held back....Russia won't...
Semper Fi
They were attacked by islamofascists, as were we. When a group declares war is such a manner, it is not Putin's [or ours] responsibility to negotiate. There IS no duty to retreat. Period.
I am sure that Putin will try to wipe out the Chechens. However, he will probably do it so incompetently that Russia will end up in a worse situation than if he had done nothing.
This is how the Russians got into their present mess: a combination of brutality and stupidity.
I sure hope W has taken the opportunity to speak privately with Putin and get their ducks in order...
I had high hopes for a firmer relationship between the 2 countries before Putin let us down over Iraq...I realize that he was looking out for the best interests of his country (oil) whilst also covering up for oil for food, but they have similar interests now, and both populations demand action.
Did Russia not say that they would have the right to attack terrorist camps/bases/organizations ANYWHERE? That's a rather large target. That target would include the U.S.,corre t?
corre t = correct. Lost my "c."
From your keyboard to God's eyes...
Unfortunately, following the attack, Putin only increased his verbal attacks on the United States and increased mutual adoration with Germany and France.
From: The Chechens' American friends
By the same token, the BBC and other media sources are putting it about that Russian TV played down the Beslan crisis, while only western channels reported live, the implication being that Putin's Russia remains a highly controlled police state. But this view of the Russian media is precisely the opposite of the impression I gained while watching both CNN and Russian TV over the past week: the Russian channels had far better information and images from Beslan than their western competitors. This harshness towards Putin is perhaps explained by the fact that, in the US, the leading group which pleads the Chechen cause is the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC). The list of the self-styled "distinguished Americans" who are its members is a rollcall of the most prominent neoconservatives who so enthusastically support the "war on terror".
Bull squat..
The Russians got into this mess because they did not deal brutally enough with the Islamanazis that had hijacked a political movement for independence....
It is never stupid to destroy an enemy that is declared and focused on your destruction....
It is not a coincidence that the overwhelming majority of violence in the world today -- was initiated by Muslim radicals against non Muslims..
Time to get "brutal" and effective...Time to DEFEAT the self declared enemies of civilization...
Perhaps AFTER enough of the Islamanazis are killed - it could be productive to "negotiate" an unconditional peace.
But, NOT until after they have been truly DEFEATED..
Semper Fi
If the Uniteds States does not stop its double standards, we may have another Cold War.
If so, it will be America's fault.
I side with Putin.
Well, if you're a communist state for 70 years, and pose a major threat to world peace and the West, you might make a few enemies. These enemies aren't going to forget about everything just because a few rinky-dink terrorists come along.
In their minds, the nuclear-armed B52s are still idling on runways, fully fueled and ready to blast those treacherous commies. Who cares about foes you can't even see from the air?
Correct....But, do you have any doubt there are terrorists or terrorist allies in the U.S.?
I don't -- and if a few of them suddenly were found in the gutters of American streets with holes through their heads - would you object?
Do you think the Russians (or others) have NEVER assassinated anyone on an America street?
Semper Fi
What is wrong with these journalists? Can't they type the words 'Muslim' or 'Islam'? How can he report on this story and avoid those words?
Undoubtedly. The questions are:
1. How far will Putin go?
2. How will the international community react?
3. How much of a backlash will Putin face among non-Chechen regional Muslims?
4. What will be the impact on FDI in Russia, and therefore on the Russian economy?
5. How will Russia's neighbors -- both Western and Eastern -- react to the rise of Soviet-style policies and a harsher Russian state? Could regional re-armament be in the future?
6. How much territory can Russia grab under the guise of combatting Muslim terrorists?
7. How will global oil prices, and hence the US economy, be effected?
8. How will America's War on Terror be effected?
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