Quote Of The Day

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"Russia does not negotiate with terrorists, it annihilates them." --Vladimir Putin, Feb. 06, 2004

Vlad then went on to say:

"The universally recognized method of fighting terrorism is denying any negotiations with terrorists because any contact with them encourages committing new, bloodier crimes", Vladimir Putin said.

"Russia has not negotiated with terrorists and is not going to do this in future. This is a terrible ordeal for all the victims of this terrorist act and for all our country", President Putin said in the end of his negotiations with Azerbaijani Presedent Aliev in the Kremlin.

http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/...terrorism.html

I suspect if we had more world leaders like Bush and Putin, the Middle East would nearly be a terrorist-free zone by now, and the mad mullahs would be looking for other work [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[ThaSaltCracka]

[bigpooch]

I am starting to like Putin! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] It would be interesting to
know the developments in the next few weeks. And of all
places, the subway must be the busiest on the planet and
surely the terrorists intended this for maximum civilian
casualties. Reminds you of some other acts of terrorism
not too long ago!

Declare war on terrorism, Vlad!

[sam h]

The Middle East would be just like Chechnya, with all its problems solved and everybody running around happily embracing terror-free democracy.

[MattHatter]

Don't forget that until 9/11 The US was constantly giving the Russians a hard time about the war in Chechnya. Accusing the russians of HUGE human rights violations.

The chechyns werent terrorists in your news then. They were freedom fighters fighting the evil opression of the Russian government, who was brutalizing the poor chechyns.

Then 9/11 and you need russian support so once again a TOTAL change of policy.. chechyns become terrorists, russians are just fighting the war on terror. This change in the media play of the story was one of the MOST frightening aspects of this dubious war on terror. Because it was so drastic.. and no one dare question the sudden change of US policy on this subject.

Who is and isn't a terrorist is a matter of convenience for the US. (I say they're all terrorists, anyone remember the contras? the Mujahadeen? Osama? CIA created em all, all terrorists)



Matt

[MattHatter]

Why is Pravda a joke in the other thread about syria... and it's no longer a propeganda tool of the Russians when what it says suits our needs?

Matt



I'm not suggesting that the chechyns do not use terrorist tactics.. this is undenyable, but we must not forget the russians have used what could easily be considered terrorist tactics against the independance minded civillian population of chechnya. Also remember that this heavy handedness on the part of russia was a FAAVORITE barb of the US vs. Russia on matters international when they needed to embarass the Russians... how the worm turns.. how the worm turns. You can buy silence you know [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Not quite. Since that time the Chechen rebels have become more involved with al-Qaeda. Also since then horrific terror attacks have been exported to Moscow.

[andyfox]

Yessir, those Russians sure know how to do things efficiently.

[Taxman]

That's why Bush was elected after all, his conflict management abilities [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Consider that they are facing a terrorist problem mingled with a secession conflict, which greatly complicates matters.