Friday, September 03, 2004

Russian Bear Awakened

Russia is going to level Chechnya.

After murdering 156 Russian children and 200 others, Islamic terrorists have shown their true colors.

There can be no peace with Islamic terrorists. If they can make war on children, they can make war on anyone, anywhere or at anytime. They are too dangerous to be allowed to continue to exist.

Russia won't stand for this slaughter of the innocents. Question: what is to stop terrorists like the ones who seized the school in Russia from doing the same thing here? At least ten of the terrorists were not even Chechan; they were from Arab countries.

I think it is time to give some of our reluctant allies a kick in the butt to get them moving on stopping terrorists in their territories. Kerry ought to forget about waiting around for the terrorist threat to materialize and start advocating going after them in their hiding places.

One thing is certain: Russia won't be asking for international permission to retaliate for this naked aggression. I think Russia's reaction will go beyond anything we have seen so far; I don't think the course of action they're talking about taking will solve the problem.

Blame can also be put on Russia for having troops in Chechnya in the first place. I do not think that Russian public opinion will favor pulling those troops out now; the Russians haven't been this enraged in decades. No good can come of this.

Attacking a school to get Russia to pull it's troops from Chechnya? What were they thinking?

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