[StratComm]

A responsible journalist, yes.  I can't honestly say that 99% of the media is currently acting responsibly though.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Corsair
[sarcasm]Mwuahahahaha. We liberated France in 1944! Without us, they wouldn't exist! They owe US![/sarcasm]

So there you go. America and France are even. Neither owe anyone anything so the Americans can stop acting like they were betrayed by the French not helping them.

[aldo_14]

Attackers storm Russian school

[Rictor]

I don't think even Putin is crazy enough to gas a school full of children, but we'll see.

...you know, any sensible Russian would have withdrawn by now. They're getting nothing but blood and danger because of the occupation, and AFAIK, Chechnya is not rich in resources or anything like that to justify the expense.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Rictor
I don't think even Putin is crazy enough to gas a school full of children, but we'll see.
 

He (or rather, the Russians) may have to... albeit I'd imagine a school is a more open environment and thus less suitable to that sort of tactic.

[kode]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Kill all the journalists.

I remember how I once said something similar here. I think it was "Let's solve crime by killing the victims, shall we?".

It'd work. it's not a crime unless there are victims.

[Janos]

Originally posted by kode


no. we are somewhat dismayed by their declaration of independence too, of course, but we do not despise the heathens.

You guys lost us to Russians in 1809, after which the Finnish independence movement gained momentum. We declared independence in 1917. That's 108 years of non-Swedish rule - you really think we would've joined you guys?

[kode]

Originally posted by Janos


You guys lost us to Russians in 1809, after which the Finnish independence movement gained momentum. We declared independence in 1917. That's 108 years of non-Swedish rule - you really think we would've joined you guys?

and before that 600 years of swedish rule... so, yeah. it'd been better for you.

[Flipside]

Let's face it, for most of it's existence Europe has been like some kind of huge wife-swapping party, so theres no point really making an issue of it

[kode]

Originally posted by Flipside
Let's face it, for most of it's existence Europe has been like some kind of huge wife-swapping party, so theres no point really making an issue of it

land that's been in one countrys possesion for more than 200 years I see as belonging to that country.

I didn't say I wanted to make everything around the baltic sea ours again.

[Flipside]

hehehehe Try telling that to Scotland

You're lucky, our leaders still dream of Empire, and it's bloody annoying

[Gank]

Originally posted by Rictor
I don't think even Putin is crazy enough to gas a school full of children, but we'll see.

...you know, any sensible Russian would have withdrawn by now. They're getting nothing but blood and danger because of the occupation, and AFAIK, Chechnya is not rich in resources or anything like that to justify the expense.

Yes it is, its rich in oil and natural gas, plus several important pipelines run through it. You dont honestly think the Russians are going to all this trouble for no gain?

[Rictor]

ah, that.

well, it all makes sense now.

[Knight Templar]

mmmmm oil...

[Bobboau]

are we sure that the majority of the Chechens want independence?
why didn't they get out with the rest of the former USSR?
I seem to recal hearing about a vote that failed.

[Rictor]

they did get out...sort of. Then russia came swooping back in after several years.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Bobboau
are we sure that the majority of the Chechens want independence?
why didn't they get out with the rest of the former USSR?
I seem to recal hearing about a vote that failed.

Chechnya wasn't a SSR. When the USSR broke up it broke down along the boundries that were already there.

This is like the difference between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island becoming indepentant and Liverpool deciding it wants independance from England.

[vyper]

[q]hehehehe Try telling that to Scotland /[/q]

Why? It's not in English possesion it's land of the United Kingdom. There is a difference sir.

[Gank]

Originally posted by Bobboau
are we sure that the majority of the Chechens want independence?
why didn't they get out with the rest of the former USSR?
I seem to recal hearing about a vote that failed.

Google is your friend:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Chechnya_History.asp

[ionia23]

Interesting read.  It sounds like the Russian position is "Independence?  Fine.  But your dreams of building a totalitarian Islamic state modeled after Taliban-ruled Aghanistan is a pipe dream."