...oh boy...It was so sad to learn about the tragic deaths of many children and adults at the school in Russia. And I was saddened even more by statements Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia made. He blamed the deaths of those people-apparently a success for the terrorists, on the fall of the Soviet Empire, stating: "We showed weakness, and weak people are beaten". I think a more accurate statement in this case would be: "If you have your head up your ass, eventually your going to get shit on." What little we were allowed to see and what caught my eye on T.V. was people running from the scene screaming, and a forward movement of troops and tanks in what appeared to be bedlam ! I know that Putin does not speak for Russia as a whole (well..yes he does! But there seems to be a huge gap between the way this sort of thing has been handled in The Putin Administration and...well, common sense. The indiscriminate gassing of terrorists and innocents in a Moscow theatre, officals vowed, would not be repeated. I grew up in a society that feared the Soviet Union's threat-their seemingly heavy-handedness. Many of you probably don't remember or have ever seen footage of the then Soviet Premier Khruschev at the United Nations,pounding on a table with his shoe to make a point about what would become the Cuban Missle Crisis. On one hand we have the choice of Peace, Love, Flowers and Understanding and-what ? a Hollywood style-Clint Eastwood (who is really a kind, gentle man) Make-my-Day sort of attitude. In fact, now that I think about it, that's a part of the George Bush attitude that scares me.North Ossetian Interior Minister Kazbek Dzantiyev submitted his resignation on Sunday morning."After what happened in Beslan, I don't have the right to occupy this post as an officer and as a man," ITAR-Tass quoted Dzantiyev as saying. Just not enough of a "manly man" I guess. Now I wonder if he will commit suicide on top of it all. I just don't understand...there has to be a better way...Why don't we ask Donald Rumsfeld...

Ahh, I have little time, I will read your entry later. I will put here what I put on my page if you don't see it. Le battement means the beat. Usually associated with the beating of wings, like of a butterfly or bird.
» le_battement on 2004-09-05 09:37:41

so sad
yeah, the news about beslan hostage was so disappointing... i caught the newscast at 730 one morning and i tell you that's one of the earliest cries fo a day i had ever. may GOD bless the souls of the innocents lost :(
» raindrops_from_heaven on 2004-10-03 10:34:25

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