Russian Siege
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I'm Russian and I've always felt sympathy for the Chechen people. I know alot of russians who consider them nothing more than vicious dogs and it has always upset me. This incident is going to reinforce this mentality, and i'm afraid something really ugly is going to happen there again. I sincerely doubt that the people of Chechnya cheered at the number of children killed in this horrible act. They know what it's like to lose their family and I guess that's the difference right there. Do you kill their children when they kill your child or do you close your eyes in hopes that maybe as painful as it is, your refusal to avenge them will somehow bring an endless conflict to an end. It horrifies that me to feel that if it was my child in there, I would join the army and kill every last one of them. Such is human nature, and it is pointless to try to analyze the horrible acts that we do. We can try to justify them if we know what it's like to be in a war, and we can condemn them if we have not, but we will never be able to stop this vicious cycle. That said, I hope that the people behind those who took over that school are found and brought to justice, but I pray that this will not cause a horrific backlash on the people of Chechnya and keeps up this ridiculous war.