Good idea...a suicide bomber will think twice.
The Soviets pretty much always practiced the
punishment of families. The only ones not
punished, slipped through the cracks and
were punished later.
Its a appalling concept considered from the Christian/Western point of view where we are all individual souls equal in the eyes of a logical and reasonable God, and the resulting political view that we are therefore of equal basic rights and independent action.
But we are not dealing with Christians or Westerners here, and they do not organize themselves according to this belief.
Should be a good deterrent, though I’m not big on the concept of communal responsibility (or communal anything for that matter). One good aspect, if you’re in the family and you know you have a fanatic who’d do the deed anyway, and the consequences to the family be damned, it gives the family an incentive to prevent the terror attack before it can occur.
ALL terrorists families should bear responsibility.
momma poppa, sister brother, wife kids, even thefamily dog and goldfish.
Make an example of em.
acctions have consequenses
Awesome.
Putin has balls.
If only our country had some.
I don’t have a problem with this at all... The terrorist is a product of his/her upbringing and his/her associations.
Terrorism is an act of war except on a smaller scale. If a country attacks you, you hold the population of said country responsible. If a terrorist attacks you, you hold “his/her” population responsible...
“Potential” terrorists
Not just the innocent families of real terrorists but just those deemed terrorists by the government.
This is tyranny. This sounds like something out of North Korea
The Muzzies started it, the Russians will finish it.
The Saudis bragged that they could guarantee the security of the Sochi games if only the Russians agreed to abandon Assad. No doubt the Russians were amused and informed the Saudis that they would indeed be held accountable for any terrorism at Sochi. Just to accentuate their point they have stationed for or five of their submarines armed with all sorts of cruise missiles off the coasts of Saudi Arabia.
We will find
sooner or later
if Achmed’ll pray
to a glowing crater...
It was the only thing that brought down Pablo Emilio Escobar. He killed families of those who opposed him. Finally they returned the favor.
Putin is correct to take this with utmost seriousness and clarity. That is how the jihadists will be as they continue their hidden work toward our destruction. My question to Putin is, if a family member sees their brother of son becoming radicalized, do they get a ‘finder’s fee’, or a chance to escape prosecution if they tattle? I hope to never be in a similar situation as that relative, regardless of what the law promises.
This is a war for survival, and Russia will be tougher than the enemy.
Families who have Islamic kooks in them might want to stage an intervention.
That’s something we should have been doing all along.If there were any other way to stop these terrorist attacks,I sure can’t see one.
I noticed the “potential terrorist” spin in the headline.
And if anything at all happens, it will be "open season", and not even members of the Saudi royal family will be off limits.