[ArtyomB]

>>>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....

[silversky]

1. Storm troops were almost dismissed from operation 2. School area was owercrowded with local population 3. Mass media was not isolated

ArtyomB, the locals, are the same confused commie hacks like you. They were threatening a revolution if the special forces stormed. Nobody could move them away from the school, they were all armed. It doesn't make sense to isolate the media, because no one would believe the Russian story after that. Everything the authorities did was forced, they simply had no other choice. The school had Bible study classes and it qualifies it as Christian by our standards.

The crux of the matter is that there are two groups of Islamics - Mid Eastern Radicals (all of them) and Asian Moderates. The Moderates require a heavy civil hand to keep them moderates - aka Russia, China. We better pray that those are kept in-line. But we don't discuss the Asians here. When we say Muslim, we speak about the Mid Eastern Muslims. They are the problem. Don't worry, no one wants to kill the Asian muslims and you in particular. I'll have no problem if we got an army of Central Asian Muslims to administer justice in the mid-East. Go after the Russian nukes and wipe the spot clean. Do you volunteer?