What has changed since Beslan?
Now that Samil Basayev is in what he thinks to be a safe location he has come forward naming Shahid Brigade Riadus-Salahina as being the 'crew' responsible for the downing of two Russian airliners as well as the revolting actions in Beslan.
His statement speaks volumes when he says, "Kremlin vampire destroyed and injured 1,000 children and adults, giving the order to storm the school for the sake of his imperial ambitions and preserving his own throne" in relation to Putin and the actions taken by those Russian forces in Beslan.
Basayev claimed Russian special forces had a plan to storm the school from the beginning of the two-day siege. The Russian government has said it didn't want to storm the school but had no choice after gunfire and explosions erupted on the third day of the siege.
Basayev somehow expects people to think it wrong for Russian forces to come up with a plan for taking the building by force. Since Russia will not give these terrorists camera time, Basayev wants to blame the deaths on Putin. Not too many people are buying it so Basayev had to make sure everyone understands that when he takes a school full of children, teachers, and parents captive that if they die it is not the fault of the people who lined the building with explosives and held everyone at gun point.
It certainly is not the fault of those who shot those who tried to flee and then dragged them back into the building and dropped the body in the gym for all to see. How could we blame these terrorist thugs for shooting and burning all those children when obviously it was Putin who did all this?
He speaks the same language of those who claim that America brought 9/11 upon itself. mother Jones has a take on it, as do so many others. There will always be people who refuse to understand that in this world there are people, groups, and sometimes nations who just don't like you. Every once in a while they get enough power, or if not power, at least nerve to strike at you.
For the most part we have been safe from such attacks because of oceans and, for the longest time, the only people with any power were either our allies or those who understood the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction while we pointed weapons at each other.
The enemy today does not have the direct backing of any nation willing to admit it (I stress willing to admit). This is because the US and our allies have sent a strong message to nations who might consider overtly backing those who will do us or our allies harm.
People always forget or ignore the fact that Abu Abbas was in Iraq. It also seems to slip their minds that Abu Nidal just happened to die in Iraq.
There are some nations who have taken us at our word and one of them is Libya. Our actions do make a difference and they do send a real message to terrorists everywhere.
Now Russia is faced with a 9/11 of her own and to expect this nation to cringe in a way reminiscent of Spain. When Spanish leader Zapatero was quoted (see above link) as saying, "We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration." it sent a message that bombing trains works, and the election fix was then on in a way that Democrats who complain about Florida could never understand.
Russia will not be such an easy mark to bring down. What ever the history people wish to claim as an excuse for willfully murdering children in a school as an objective to further your cause, the Chechens have some learning to do and that learning might happen as the Hinds and T-90s come rolling back in.
Europe is scared because there is a nation who does not huddle behind internationalism right next to them. Europe has a right to be scared though because Russia will not be so kind as the United States if (when?) the Mother Bear comes out of her cave.
His statement speaks volumes when he says, "Kremlin vampire destroyed and injured 1,000 children and adults, giving the order to storm the school for the sake of his imperial ambitions and preserving his own throne" in relation to Putin and the actions taken by those Russian forces in Beslan.
Basayev claimed Russian special forces had a plan to storm the school from the beginning of the two-day siege. The Russian government has said it didn't want to storm the school but had no choice after gunfire and explosions erupted on the third day of the siege.
Basayev somehow expects people to think it wrong for Russian forces to come up with a plan for taking the building by force. Since Russia will not give these terrorists camera time, Basayev wants to blame the deaths on Putin. Not too many people are buying it so Basayev had to make sure everyone understands that when he takes a school full of children, teachers, and parents captive that if they die it is not the fault of the people who lined the building with explosives and held everyone at gun point.
It certainly is not the fault of those who shot those who tried to flee and then dragged them back into the building and dropped the body in the gym for all to see. How could we blame these terrorist thugs for shooting and burning all those children when obviously it was Putin who did all this?
He speaks the same language of those who claim that America brought 9/11 upon itself. mother Jones has a take on it, as do so many others. There will always be people who refuse to understand that in this world there are people, groups, and sometimes nations who just don't like you. Every once in a while they get enough power, or if not power, at least nerve to strike at you.
For the most part we have been safe from such attacks because of oceans and, for the longest time, the only people with any power were either our allies or those who understood the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction while we pointed weapons at each other.
The enemy today does not have the direct backing of any nation willing to admit it (I stress willing to admit). This is because the US and our allies have sent a strong message to nations who might consider overtly backing those who will do us or our allies harm.
People always forget or ignore the fact that Abu Abbas was in Iraq. It also seems to slip their minds that Abu Nidal just happened to die in Iraq.
There are some nations who have taken us at our word and one of them is Libya. Our actions do make a difference and they do send a real message to terrorists everywhere.
Now Russia is faced with a 9/11 of her own and to expect this nation to cringe in a way reminiscent of Spain. When Spanish leader Zapatero was quoted (see above link) as saying, "We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration." it sent a message that bombing trains works, and the election fix was then on in a way that Democrats who complain about Florida could never understand.
Russia will not be such an easy mark to bring down. What ever the history people wish to claim as an excuse for willfully murdering children in a school as an objective to further your cause, the Chechens have some learning to do and that learning might happen as the Hinds and T-90s come rolling back in.
Europe is scared because there is a nation who does not huddle behind internationalism right next to them. Europe has a right to be scared though because Russia will not be so kind as the United States if (when?) the Mother Bear comes out of her cave.
posted by Edward W. Prather at 10:53
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