Comments on: Bear baits eagle/Putin shoots tiger

By: David Williams

David Williams — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:22:14 +0000

@Narciso: agreed; (1) we can discount out of hand; I just assumed that, but realize now I never stated it. No nation that’s powerful enough considers themselves bound by international law, though they usually talk a good game about respecting it. Other thoughts:

–I think the reason why the Russian horrorshow in Chechnya doesn’t/didn’t get much press here is just that generally in the U.S. international news matters a lot less. It’s like how the average American emerges from high school having been taught almost exclusively American history.

–on the killings of journalists: good point. the climate inside Russia got very bad very fast.

–what newsfeed are you following re what’s going on vis-a-vis the latest suicide bombings in Chechnya? (and also some of the ramifications of Shamanov’s actions?)
Sounds like something I should add to my rss.

–I don’t see Putin as an Olenkov either. Olenkov is order-of-magnitude scarier. Think Alexander the Great meets Stalin.

By: narciso

narciso — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:00:35 +0000

1) Seriously! How can one speak of the Georgian invasion; much less Chechnya from the Russian counterpart to Cheney; Medvedeyev’s GAZPROM in Exxon, Halliburton, & Union Carbide wrapped in one; and not laugh. Apparently, the Georgian invasions spearheaded by Gen. Shamanov “Hero” of Chechnya, more likely War Criminal, has created schisms in the Bashkir region, Nagorno-Karabakh,
ignited Ingush secessionist claims, even revived the Wahhabi suicide bombers in Chechnya itself. So that’s probably the third quagmire in as many generations, god job there. Odd how Baldy and Stary Atagi, two outright massacres in Chechnya, never reached the level of attention of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib, much less Haditha

2, 3, & 4 For the same reasons, not believable. One is amused with the reference to the Whittington accident, in comparison to a country where leading opposition
leaders, (Yandarbichev, in exile in Doha) journalists, (Poliskayava, Klebnikov)even fomer military rivals (Gen. Rokhlin)are so directly dispatched; one agrieved mother of a victim of the Kursk, was chloroformed when she spoke out.I still don’t see him as an Olenkov type although this de facto czar, all he’s missing is the crown; would probably be considered a role model.

By: David Williams

David Williams — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:28:01 +0000

: ) indeed. . . .!

By: Joni

Joni — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:32:28 +0000

Yeah, it has always been a pleasure of being a neighbour (or part of) to such a friendly teddy bear

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:18:44 +0000

Well, shooting a tiger with a tranquilizer and setting it up to be tracked seems a hell of a lot better than showing up to a farm where “Jed” releases a bird right off the barrel of your gun but choosing to shoot an old man in the face instead.