Has Kerry in any way acknowledged what happened in Russia? (I googled, but I'm no expert) And has he said what HE would do about it?

Kerry is too busy complaining about Cheney's 5 deferments to pay attention to worldwide terrorism. This morning one of his strategists said that Kerry is more interested in kitchen table issues. I'm not sure if he meant hiding under the kitchen table.

Hell of a post Kevin

I'm forced to wonder if this has happened BEFORE we went into Iraq if he would have been on our side.

I'm betting so.

Ouch! Yet so true!

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Mark Steyn... Australian for Drudge.

Great link. I added a trackback to a piece I did on my blog. Thanks.

After last week's conference in -- South Ossetia? or wherever Putin's dacha is -- with France and Germany, I think that Putin's reaction just lost France and Germany a major ally against the US-led GWOT.

Which may have been where Paul was trending with his observation. Still, it'll be interesting to see how this, combined with the renewed interest in France as the source of some misleading Iraq-related intelligence, will affect both things on the international stage, and the election here at home.

Kerry did respond on the stump to the event. Something like, it's a great tragedy and he's saddened.

Bush did respond on the stump to the event. Something like, it's a great tragedy and he's saddened. And this is why we have to kill the terrorists.

We report. You decide.

Paul, you said: "I'm forced to wonder if this has happened BEFORE we went into Iraq if he would have been on our side."

In 2002 these same terrorists took hostages in a Moscow theatre, and the resulting seige ended in killing about 130 of the people taken captive. Apparently it takes the deaths of young innocents for Putin to wake up to the fact that there's a war on.

Great of Putin to finally admit the obvious, however, I still have one question; Isn't Russia STILL helping the mad mullahs get a nuclear power plant online?

What will it take to make Putin realize he is cutting his own throat here?

First let me say that I'm surprised this hasn't recieved more coverage. The only thing I've seen/heard are the horrid pictures and quick sound bytes. Even the conservative media was more focused on the RNC after the fact than this event. Honestly the whole thing is heart wrenching.

I am surprised that this has not brought a deeper discussion on terror and the war on terror to the forefront. I am surprised that the only individual (conservative media-ites included) who is really making the connection between this and the war on terror has been Malkin, up until this point. I might be missing something --or oblivious--it happens.

One thing I hope that comes out of this horrid act of cowardice and barbarism is that the EU will wake up and realize that their Humanist philosophy to Diplomacy won't work; that despite their betrayals and hyppocracy; that we are STILL the best freinds they've got.

It's amazing that the minute a European country (despite what western Europe wants to think--Russia is a European Country) gets wealthy their memory of Communism, Fascism and all the evils we ran away from to get to this country seem to fade away; they become so comfortable with their 359 vacation days a year they would rather sell their soul than fight.

I truly hope this event does not lose its' meaning and serves as a wake up call to the rest of the world (the east and west coast included).

By the way I'm new--I'm John from NJ or as I like to refer to it--Planned Parenthood.

National Public Radio's Moira Liason(sic) said today that "they" are not certain any Arabs were involved in the Russian school massacre. NPR has a high threshold for facts when it comes to terrorism and a very low threshold for facts when the Republicans are involved.

I'm voting for Bush because I think he's the better leader, but the article is wrong, Bush's plan doesn't go to the root of the problem. Ideas are at the root, and we're a disarmed nation when it comes to actually defending our own heritage much less exporting it. How many Americans even know what actual Capitalism is? Or that it's the basis of the protection of individual rights. Bush certainly has no concept of Capitalism, or how to export it to the Middle East. The root evil is Islam (and its associated Shar'ia), which isn't a peaceful ideology any more than Communism is a peaceful ideology; why are people so afraid to name it for what it is? Take an inventory of global Islam, and the wars & terrorism it inspires everywhere it touches another culture. Islam is in the same state that Christianity was during the Dark Ages, it has to be diluted the same way Christianity was by the Enlightenment. Once you fully separate Mosque & State, things will change. It has been a thousand years since Islam was last peaceful, when it was diluted by reason during the Abassid Dynasty.

I don't think that your historical analogy is apt, James.

Islamic civilization (which I consider one phase in Middle Eastern society, but that's not really relevant) is much older than Western culture...and, like an old man, died a while ago. Islam had its Enlightenment -- Mu'tazilism. The Second Religiousness phase, of which Ash'arism is the example, killed it long ago.

The Middle East now is analogous to the (collapsed) Roman Empire in the late sixth century CE, or the (collapsed) Chinese Empire during the "Sixteen Kingdoms" period -- it's all over but the shouting, ruthless barbarians and the dazed, stunted descendants of civilized men quarreling over potsherds inthe ruins,