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I think it's up to someone in charge to get the townspeople out of the immediate vicinity.
You can try to argue that this was handled just dandy. It wasn't.

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And BTW - I heard President Bush speaking this afternoon. He said his job as President was to protect the American citizens. I kinda thought that was one of his jobs.

[flaminco]

"I think it's up to someone in charge to get the townspeople out of the immediate vicinity.
You can try to argue that this was handled just dandy. It wasn't."

You have proof townspeople shot anyone they shouldn't have, or is this just a feeling you have? The townspeople were trying to protect their own, they were not the enemy. That you would treat them as such says a lot about you.

It is really disgusting that you would blame them instead of the terrorists for the loss of life in Beslan.