Did he or did he not order the actions that killed the people in the Moscow theater?
Yes. Bush is commanding a military operation against insurgents that kills innocent people every day. So?
Had the terrorists not taken the theater, no one would have died.
That's ridiculous. Putin has every right to do take the offense on terrorists, and as an ally, we should back him.
If the President ordered Delta Force to rescue American hostages, and the operation went to s**t...would you blame the President? Or the terrorists?
"Did he or did he not order the actions that killed the people in the Moscow theater?"
No, he did not order the actions that got those people killed. The terrorists ordered the action. If it is FSB agents posing as Islamic crazies, then they must be awful good at training dozens of female FSB muslim/whahabbi/chechen double agents. Hey, all is possible but it is a GIANT stretch.