[Lizard_King]

Still sounds like a clusterf*** to me. Why?

1. The Russians need to be able to exert force decisively against Chechnyan targets to be able to deal with extensions of their terrorism. They have failed to do that, therefore this is what they reap.

2. They should have gone in on day 1, or at most when the first set of killings occurred (after nightfall). You are dealing with psychos who intend to die at the end (hence the dynamite vests).

3. A nation cannot be held hostage over 700 people. Sad but true. I wish they had ended this farce at once.

The Spetsnaz did what they could, but they are hampered by their govt's lily-livered stance against Islamic terrorism. Maybe now Putin will wake the hell up.

[Bigg Red]

What do you make of the bottle of cognac being set near the dead Islamofascist leader? Is that some sort of symbol?

[Bigg Red]

What do you make of the bottle of cognac being set near the dead Islamofascist leader? Is that some sort of symbol?

[VaBthang4]

"Still sounds like a clusterf*** to me."

Yep.