Putin’s On Our Side Now
link Putin calls for bombers to be ‘scraped from sewers’ | Reuters.
What a tyrant. Though only a short comment, we don’t see any contriteness for any Russian activities that may have brought on the bombings. No introspecting touchy feely blather about how Russia may have brought this upon themselves. No mollifying words to the Muslim community to assure them that they will not be vilified.
Pretty unambiguous words, “scrape from sewer”, which to my mind, doesn’t imply let’s bring them to trial and see how it goes. Putin voices the anger and frustration of an entire nation expressing outrage at the unprovoked attack on civilians.
Despite a somewhat different way of running an economy, the Russians too have fallen victim to terror acts, much as Spain and Bali, Indonesia some years back. Only in the U.S. do we observe official tiptoeing around sensibilities and rights. Something tells me Putin is not going to worry about offending any one’s sensibilities in pursuit of those responsible. A leader of a country has as his primary obligation, to maintain the safety of his nation. Putin gets it.