PUTIN - We could not rescue them all. Forgive us.

Lenta.ru ^ | 10-25-02 | Putin

[TheSpottedOwl]

Thank you for posting this. Russia sure has come a long way. I'll start thinking a little differently about Putin and Russia...

[BureaucratusMaximus]

PUTIN - "We could not rescue them all. Forgive us."

He's a class act. Its not often you see ANY political figure show compassion, humility, and a general care for his constituents as Putin did through his statement.

[stands2reason]

Thanks, MarMema. Bump!

[struwwelpeter]

But it should be defeated. And it will be defeated.

Molodets, MarMema. And here is probably the state of the russkaya dusha right now.

[debg]

i think putin wants a price that bush won't pay...
and then there is france and china
dialing for dollars

i'm hoping bush will say we don't need no stinkin security council at whatever cost.

[Amelia]

Putin is with us? I think not.

I'm thinking that perhaps Putin does not think we're with him yet.

Has our official policy regarding Chechnya changed yet? Do we officially realize that Russia is fighting radical Islamists in Chechnya, just as we are trying to fight them elsewhere?

[montag813]

The loss of the hostages is indeed tragic. The saving of the overwhelming majority of them is miraculous. The Russians had no other options.

There IS no other option than complete annaihilation of our Muslim foes.

[weikel]

Thats my intrepratation.

[SamAdams76]

Today in the hospital I talked to one of victims. He said to me "It was not that terrible - there was a confidence among us, that the future of the terrorists is not enduring." And this is the truth. They do not have a future. We do.

This is a great speech by Putin. While regrettable that there were casualties among the hostages, it could have been, and would have been, much worse had the rescue attempt not been made.

They (the terrorists) do not have a future. We do. We being the Russians, Americans and any other civilized people.

[A Navy Vet]

"...and upon capture they need to be summarily executed."

I disagree. It's time to start making these monsters think twice about their actions. Brutal and inhumane as it may be, my suggestion:
Coat them in pig blood and hang them by their feet while broadcasting via satellite. Let the elements take them, slowly. No quick and merciful deaths for these things. Examples need to be set for all the other virgin seekers...

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks for posting this.

[sinkspur]

Come-on, folks! This is Russia! Remember ten years ago??!!

Aren't the Chechens Muslies? Putin knows what another Muslim theocracy will mean to Russia: continual terrorism.

Let Chechens have their independence when they've exterminated the vermin.

[weikel]

If it weren't for Wilsonians like you there would no Muslim problem( no Hitler or commies either).

[weikel]

Other than Turkey muslims should not be independent that religion needs to be wiped out.

[ChadGore]

"These days we have, together, gone through a terrible test. All our thoughts were with the hostages, in the hands of armed vermin. We hoped for the best outcome, but each of us understood, that it is necessary to be ready for the worst."

Putin rocks.

[weikel]

They are vermin.

[MarMema]

ping

[RightWhale]

they should retaliate against the chechens 100:1

Consider that would involve descending to the level of terrorism. This will take time, but all the terrorist organizations will be smashed and terrorists will find it near impossible to meet without suspecting each other of being a government agent. Terrorists will betray each other, they already do so, and at an increasing rate.

[Robert_Paulson2]

we don't recognise russia's problem with islamofascists, just like we don't recognise Israel's problem with them either...

We should, and we should NOW.
We should cut them the slack they need to save their nations from islamic terrorists.

If we cut them a check, Israel, India and Russia, would go for the jugular, by tomorrow morning.