And what do you think they did wrong that makes them responsible for this catastrophe? Should they have stormed the building immediately, while there was still a possibility of resolving it with less violence? Should they have caved in to the muslims' demands? Should they have stood back and done nothing while the muslims were setting off bombs and shooting children in the back? They did the best anyone could have possibly done. If they had screwed up, the casualty count would been even higher. Quit trying to take the blame off the muslim terrorists and pin it on the victims and rescuers.
I explained above what was done wrong:
1. Storm troops were almost dismissed from operation planning-citizen authirities were in charge, which is wrong in conditions like this.
2. School area was owercrowded with local population-I can understand why those people wanted to be there, by they impeded the troops-ask Israelis, do they allow locals to interfere in military operations.
3. Mass media was not isolated (but it was much a source of information for terrorists, than 2 years ago in Nord-Ost, anyway, thank God.
But the troops themselves really did their best. 10 of elite antiterror squads officers died, covering children with their bodies. Fnd 17 or even more troops from other squads also lost their lives like heroes.
>>>Should they have caved in to the muslims' demands?
NEVER! Russia doesn't deal with terrorists-Russia destroys them!
NEVER EVER try to deal with terrorists. Russia tried it in 1996, saving lives of hostages in Budyonnovsk hospital....