Thursday, September 09, 2004
Negotiate with the Chechens?:
The article in question doesn't actually identify where this one comes from. It simply says that western leaders have suggested that Putin negotiate with the Chechen terrorists to resolve the dispute. If in fact there is some western leader who has made this recommendation, they have obviously not lost any of their children in this incident. The very concept of negotiation with child murderers is simply not understandable to me. I can find sympathy for many things in this life, however I can't imagine ever being able to relate to this particular bunch. The deliberate targeting of children as part of any offensive operation to me is the worst kind of crime. Worse than almost anything that I can think of short of a total genocidal campaign. To even suggest that the Russians should negotiate with the people responsible for this crime serves to further injure the people who have already been hurt enough. There can be no justice in a crime such as this. No penalty will be enough. They simply must be stopped! I imagine the Russians will go a long way along this path. Whether in the end it makes any difference remains to be seen. It's likely many innocent Chechens who haven't supported this crime will pay a price as well. The terrorists have hurt the cause of these innocent Chechens more than any outside force could have ever done. My hopes go out to these innocent Russians and Chechens, as well as to any other peoples of the world who suffer as a result of actions they have not committed. Our world is filled with people who are in this situation. To date, Western solutions have been somewhat less than successful.
The article in question doesn't actually identify where this one comes from. It simply says that western leaders have suggested that Putin negotiate with the Chechen terrorists to resolve the dispute. If in fact there is some western leader who has made this recommendation, they have obviously not lost any of their children in this incident. The very concept of negotiation with child murderers is simply not understandable to me. I can find sympathy for many things in this life, however I can't imagine ever being able to relate to this particular bunch. The deliberate targeting of children as part of any offensive operation to me is the worst kind of crime. Worse than almost anything that I can think of short of a total genocidal campaign. To even suggest that the Russians should negotiate with the people responsible for this crime serves to further injure the people who have already been hurt enough. There can be no justice in a crime such as this. No penalty will be enough. They simply must be stopped! I imagine the Russians will go a long way along this path. Whether in the end it makes any difference remains to be seen. It's likely many innocent Chechens who haven't supported this crime will pay a price as well. The terrorists have hurt the cause of these innocent Chechens more than any outside force could have ever done. My hopes go out to these innocent Russians and Chechens, as well as to any other peoples of the world who suffer as a result of actions they have not committed. Our world is filled with people who are in this situation. To date, Western solutions have been somewhat less than successful.
# posted by Wil Smith : 7:00 a.m.
