Friday, April 2, 2010

Prediction: Moscow will not demonstrate squeamishness in combatting "black widow" terrorism

Now that the subway suicide bombings have been identified as perpetrated by "black widows? ( it goes w/o saying that they were Muslim ), we'll see how Putin and Medvedev respond to the threat.
"...In my opinion, we have to create such a model for terrorist crimes that anyone who helps them — no matter what he does, be it cook the soup or wash the clothes — has committed a crime," Medvedev said. Russian police and security forces have long been accused of seizing people suspected of aiding militants. Some people have been tortured and many disappeared, and rights activists trying to document the abuses have also been slain, kidnapped or threatened.
****The only effective response against terrorists who don't value their own lives, is to strike back against things or people that are meaningful to them. The West has traditionally been too squeamish to do this with "arguments" against "collective punishment, etc." Although Medvedev didn't spell it out, reprisals will occur against families and friends as well as those who actively abetted the terrorists. It's sad,but true that ruthlessness is the only deterrent.****

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