[flaminco]

"I know I was attacked for daring to question how he handled Beslan. "

You should have been attacked. There wasn't anything he or anyone else could have done to "handle Beslan" any better than it was. I am no Putin sympathizer, but I have no patience with people who expect their government to protect them. I will make this simple so you can understand.

Governments can issue proclamations declaring "war on terror". They can clean up the mess and count the bodies after a terror attack. They can guard a limited number of "important" sites. They can even take away your civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism, but they CANNOT PROTECT YOU.

[nuconvert]

"There wasn't anything he or anyone else could have done to "handle Beslan" any better than it was."

Well, you're entititled to your opinion. But considering it looks like some of the townspeople may have accidently shot some of the hostages or even some of the soldiers, I think it's open to debate.

[maestro]

......Governments can issue proclamations declaring "war on terror". They can clean up the mess and count the bodies after a terror attack. They can guard a limited number of "important" sites. They can even take away your civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism, but they CANNOT PROTECT YOU......

WW-II never happened....

/sarcasm