Topic awaiting preservation: Understanding Beslan - and where do we go from here? (Page 1 of 1) |
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Bipolar (III) Inmate From: the dark one with no windows |
posted 09-09-2004 16:13
i'm saying 'WE' because of the international repercussions bound to follow such a horrifying tragedy, and because of the part - as small as it might be - that we could play in influencing a turn of events... |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: out of nowhere... |
posted 09-09-2004 17:05
It might be something to do with the fact that they live with the same horror themselves as part of their day-to-day lives - we just don't get to hear about it so much because it isn't in our national interests. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 09-09-2004 17:58
I think it's Russia's problem, and Russia wants to solve it without any outside influence or help. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greensboro, NC USA |
posted 09-09-2004 18:44
I think Russia needs to solve this problem on their own. There's been a lot going on over there since the USSR dissolved, and there's a lot of political sorting out that still has to happen. I think the US wants to be Russia's ally, we need all the allies we can get at this point, but I really think that it will add strength to the Russian people if they come up with their own resolution of the matter. The US takes far too much interest in what's happening outside our borders these days... I'd rather our government spent more time focusing on the problems within our borders... |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Happy Hunting Grounds... |
posted 09-09-2004 23:30
Russia, hasn't been able to "solve" this problem for over 400 years! Chechnya has been fighting Russia for that long. |
Bipolar (III) Inmate From: the dark one with no windows |
posted 09-10-2004 02:33
every true war, it seems, is fought in the media. from that perspective, the Chenyans have won a huge victory at Beslan. it's a damned shame that the most innocent of civilians had to pay such a senseless price for Chenya's few moments at the pulpit. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Happy Hunting Grounds... |
posted 09-10-2004 09:42
Before we can go somewhere, we first need to know where we have been, and where we currently are. quote: from A short History of Chechnya quote:
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Bipolar (III) Inmate From: the dark one with no windows |
posted 09-10-2004 12:22
thank you for the brief and those links, shaman ... i'm going through all of them now. quote:
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