Aine
Acrobat
Holy John said:I don't mean to defend the chechen commando, but what the russian military is doing in Chechenia is also terrorism in my opinion.
Holy John,
No way am I defending those representatives of the Russian
military in Chechnya who have been commiting crimes against the
Chechens(or any other people there).What's more:I'm certain that most Russian people want the Chechen war to end.Young Russian guys go there and die for God knows what.Ordinary Chechen people suffer from both Russian military and Chechen terrorists.Money which could go to the social needs goes to the war's needs as well as into military's pocket.It's nothing but genocide for both Chechens and Russians (thank you Mr Yeltsin for ALL that you did for both countries!).I don't think many Russian people see Chechnya as a real part of Russia - in fact,it's a completely different place,so if the Chechen people would choose to live in the Chechnya which would be a completely independent state,that's fine,but if ,for this or that reason,they'd
choose to remain a part of Russia,that's fine too.
But:I'm talking about the nation,and what indignates me most about the likes of Baraev (the killed leader of those hostage takers) is that they have the guts to represent themselves as some fighters for Chechnya's freedom,as if they were speaking from the name of the whole Chechen nation,and even add some
Islamic idea to that.The bunch of real thugs who still put their own Chechens as well as Russians who live there into slavery(LITERALLY),who torture people,who leave needles behing them
cause they're drugged out all the time they're "fighting" are as
much "fighters for independence" as their spiritual father Bin Laden.
Remember the IRA who used the same nationalistic and religious
ideas to justify their actions.I've been very interested in the Irish
history(not just cause of U2) and I've always sympathised with the idea of the united Ireland,and I can even understand what made ordinary people join the IRA at different periods of time.But still,is this the way it's gonna be,through murders and blood of
all those people,Irish and British(and foreigners who happened to be there - remember those Spanish teenagers killed during the explosion in Omagh back in 98),Caths and Prods? Are you sure
these people could make their nation happy under their power?
Are you sure they could ever be forgiven by all those people whose lives were ruined "thanks" to their methods?
I don't think so.
The same here.The situation is altogether very complicated in
Russia,so maybe some things can't be seen as clear from the
outside.Obviously we want this war to finally end but even if it were not for the money and the oil for a few corrupt families (yes,Pinkfloyd!) I don't see how it can end.The links of the
"Chechen"(again,I don't mean the nationality itself but rather the place where they come from) terrorsts to the international terrorism are far too obvious.These people get their training in the Middle East,there're numerous Arab mercenaries among them,the best known one called Hottab- and yeah,"that sounds familiar"!The minute we leave Chechnya it becomes the breeding ground of the international terrorism,or I should say it's already become thanks to people like Lord Judd who started presenting them to the world as kinda "armed dissidents"(!!!).
I think we all know the price we have to pay for such attitude.