Putin's policy in Chechnya a `total failure'

[bemildred]

LONDON-Russian President Vladimir Putin, who casts himself as
his country's only hope for security and stability, now must deal
with the disastrous end of the Beslan school hostage-taking.

Faced with day-long scenes of chaos and bloodshed, and the risk
of conflict engulfing the northern Caucasus region, Putin had little
to say to a traumatized nation.

"Putin mostly prefers to be silent. It means that he himself doesn't
know what to do," says Alexi Malachenko, a Moscow-based
expert on the Caucasus.

What's clear is that Putin's policy of trying to crush separatist
rebels in Chechnya with military might while imposing hand-picked
local leaders has utterly failed, analysts say.

Toronto Star

[skooooo]

1. How long before..

..Bush figures out his strategery isn't working either?

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. How long is a million years??

[DBoon]

4. No! Bush never flip-flops!

not in a million years will bush bend from his own iron determination

[LearnedHand]

2. Let's send him OUR pResident!

He can help! </sarcasm>

[moondust]

5. Hmmm...sounds familiar.

What's clear is that _______'s policy of trying to crush rebels in ______ with military might while imposing hand-picked local leaders has utterly failed...


Our boy doesn't understand it either, Pootie Poot.

[BootinUp]

6. This would be a good talking point for Kerry

Maybe have General Clark talk about it on the various news shows and then have Kerry address it in a speech.

[0007]

7. junior's policy is 100% failure.

[dArKeR]

8. Caucasus region has rich history of hostage-taking

AP , Moscow
Saturday, Sep 04, 2004,Page 6

For centuries, at least as far back as Leo Tolstoy's youth, hostage-takings and kidnappings have been a feared part of life in Chechnya and other parts of Russia's disorderly North Caucasus region.

But over the past decade, the actions have grown in size and severity and psychological shock -- with the seizure of a school full of children crossing a disturbing new threshold.

Although the identity of the heavily armed and explosives-laden raiders who took hundreds of hostages Wednesday in North Ossetia hasn't been established, suspicion fell on rebels from neighboring Chechnya or other insurgents taking a cue from that republic's chaos and violence.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/09/04/2003201575

[leesa]

9. It always fails. How many times do leaders have to play this stupid game

of trying to bomb, blast, blow up "terrorists", expecting this to end terrorism. Terrorism ending terrorism. Gee. What a good idea. Never mind that it has not once worked in the history of mankind.

The ONLY way to end terrorism is to quit fucking with people's countries and quit stealing their stuff.

[lovuian]

10. I think Bush and cohorts want Putin out

and they will do anything to help knock him out because he arrested the Oil Oligarch Bush's Man .....He must pay and Pay dearly

Ya see the Michael Moore connection of Saudis and Bush

the connection to me is getting more clear

Putin didn't do what Bush wants so he must pay

Russian People just like American People are going to be terrorized

[Zynx]

11. Are you connecting these terrorists to Bush?

That's tinfoil. I hate Bush too, but it's simply loony to try to put something like this under a "false flag" operation.

[slojim240]

12. You just can't be responsible for killing over 300,000 and expect those

remaining to love you. Bush should take heed.