90 hostages killed in Moscow siege
Well, Putin will be Putin. What did you expect? A compromise? This strong response was necessary and even with the accidental deaths (of the hostages, not the terrorists, all those deaths were quite intentional), the Russian actions were for the best. I like his [Putin's] style. While the Russian war in Cheneya is brutal and slightly crazy, I think that we have to oppose terrorism wherever it is. We have a lot more in common with the Russians than those suicidal screw-ups, I am becoming much more sympathetic to those on the side of order. This isn't about the movements of national liberation, but the need to show that intentionally targeting innocent civilians for slaughter is unacceptable and won't be tolerated. While its alright to negotatiate with guerrilla fighters, any attempts at a settlement with butchers (or people who'd be butchers if they could) is just cowardly appeasement and by now we ought to know that kind of gutless behavior will not cut it.