Russians in control of the theater! On CNN

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[Diddle E. Squat]

Looks like a pretty good conclusion

[Samwise]

There is only one way to deal with the terrorists: kill them.

Bump

[Riley]

From a Marine to those who might once have been our ideological foe, I have one thing to say...

Ditto that here, brother. I never thought that I'd be raising a celebratory drink in a salute to OMON or Spetsnaz or whoever pulled this off.

[Rome2000]

I guess the Russians decided not to do the 51-day standoff like the ATF. Looks like they also decided not to burn the place to the ground with everybody inside, which is a classic trademark of the ATF.

Actually, the ATF would have raided the Waco compound within 24 hours if not for the fact that there were children inside and there was no threat to kill hostages.

It takes a RENO and a CLINTON to turn a non life threatening situation into a massacre of innocents.

[mamelukesabre]

Why's that? Is someone with satin gloves going to shake their hand?

haha

[fire and forget]

A great victory for the civilized West. Thank God! And thanks for the word!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Translator is working off of Russian TV. Not yet able to give counts, still have dozens of ambulances in place, 7 or 8 buses going by(guessing they have former hostages). More ambulances arriving.

[PianoMan]

In the meantime, play us a song, Mr. PianoMan.

(Ahem)

It's twelve o'clock on a Saturday,
The brave Russian troops shuffle in...
There's a hostage sitting next to me
Who's making love to his vodka and...vodka.

He says, "son can you kill terrorists for me
They're killing us one at a time
Though it's sad and it's sweet
We've got the bums beat
Now let's bury them in...pork rinds!

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

(you probably don't need more than that...)

[Tennessee_Bob]

Was just thinking the same thing, Former...

[gcruse]

 
Is there one thread where goofballs wont
interject their "Croggidy old man with a beard" bitterness?

Whatever that means.  How long have you been a Russia hater?

[montanus]

All Hostages freed, Radical muslims dead ......GREAT NEWS

Praise God!

[oyez]

Right! Kill them! I'm not being flip. THey have a vow to kill Americans where ever and when ever.

[MJY1288]

I have the carbine version with the weird battery illuminated scope, I also have the HUGE night scope for it, (primitive night vision)

[smalltown]

Really poor performance by Fox.
Shockingly bad in fact. The hostages are walking out live on CNN while O'Riley interviews a profiler in a rerun.

[Lunatic Fringe]

What is that headline scrolling by...?

"Pakistanis killed 8 Indian troops when they returned fire..."

[SarahW]

YAY YAY YAY!

[AgentEcho]

Did anyone here over 30 think we'd ever be rooting for the Russians?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Official statement: Terrorists killed 2 hostages, the group tried to break free, that's when terrorists started firing, special forces intervened. That's it for now.

[SamAdams76]

Rock on! Congratulations to Russia on a job well done. This is the way the civilized world needs to handle terrorism.

[mamelukesabre]

...and the civilized east......isn't russia considered east anymore? I'm assuming they *are* considered civilized now.

[hole_n_one]

As best as I can tell, the Russian translation sounds as if there are going to be many hostages shot.....