The Chechens' American friends
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1299318,00.html
The Washington neocons' commitment to the war on terror evaporates in
Chechnya, whose cause they have made their own
John Laughland
Wednesday September 8, 2004
The Guardian
An enormous head of steam has built up behind the view that President
Putin is somehow the main culprit in the grisly events in North
Ossetia. Soundbites and headlines such as "Grief turns to anger",
"Harsh words for government", and "Criticism mounting against Putin"
have abounded, while TV and radio correspondents in Beslan have been
pressed on air to say that the people there blame Moscow as much as
the terrorists. There have been numerous editorials encouraging us to
understand - to quote the Sunday Times - the "underlying causes" of
Chechen terrorism (usually Russian authoritarianism), while the
widespread use of the word "rebels" to describe people who shoot
children shows a surprising indulgence in the face of extreme
brutality.
John Laughland
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