Sunday, September 05, 2004
What Did They Hope to Gain?:
I just can't understand what it was that these Chechen Terrorists had hoped to accomplish. The very act of taking a child or children hostage is monstrous enough in itself, considering the risk of one of them getting hurt even if that's not your intention. To specifically target them is even more monstrous. The results of their actions while gaining attention, gains it in the worst possible way as far as their cause is concerned. The outcome has proven all too predictable with unknown hundreds dead, most of them kids. Putin has stated that Russia is at war, which translates that he is about to grind the Chechens into dust, with the rest of the world now supporting him in his fury. Now whatever justice the Chechens might have been seeking will be totally lost in the reaction to this incident. Can these people possibly have thought that it would end up any other way?
One way or another, people who would commit monstrous acts of inhumanity against others must be stopped. If we fail in this regard anarchy will eventually take over everything. It is even more unfortunate when these people provide even more reason for the George Bushs of the world to continue stomping their way across the globe. Instead of furthering the cause of global equality and justice, they have pushed it to the back of everyone's attention, hurting the very causes which they profess to support. Our focus as a species must be to preserve our planet and find peace. Monsters such as these terrorists pull our attention away from the one and directly rob us of the other.
I just can't understand what it was that these Chechen Terrorists had hoped to accomplish. The very act of taking a child or children hostage is monstrous enough in itself, considering the risk of one of them getting hurt even if that's not your intention. To specifically target them is even more monstrous. The results of their actions while gaining attention, gains it in the worst possible way as far as their cause is concerned. The outcome has proven all too predictable with unknown hundreds dead, most of them kids. Putin has stated that Russia is at war, which translates that he is about to grind the Chechens into dust, with the rest of the world now supporting him in his fury. Now whatever justice the Chechens might have been seeking will be totally lost in the reaction to this incident. Can these people possibly have thought that it would end up any other way?
One way or another, people who would commit monstrous acts of inhumanity against others must be stopped. If we fail in this regard anarchy will eventually take over everything. It is even more unfortunate when these people provide even more reason for the George Bushs of the world to continue stomping their way across the globe. Instead of furthering the cause of global equality and justice, they have pushed it to the back of everyone's attention, hurting the very causes which they profess to support. Our focus as a species must be to preserve our planet and find peace. Monsters such as these terrorists pull our attention away from the one and directly rob us of the other.
# posted by Wil Smith : 5:00 a.m.
