Russia has seemingly accelerated their descent into the days of the Commissars led by Mr. Putin. After reading the series of articles linked to The Strategy Page, libNOT.com is particularly disturbed by the first:

August 1, 2007: A recently leaked video shows that the military operation to rescue school children three years ago in Belsan, was botched by the military. At the time, the government said it was the Islamic terrorists inside the school building that set off explosives, killing many of the 330 children who died. But the video shows army engineers examining the terrorists explosive devices, that had not gone off. Another portion of the video shows commandos setting off explosions outside the school, to make breaches in the walls. Those explosions, and subsequent gunfire, killed most of the kids.

In libNOT.com’s opinion, any small town American police department could and would have handled the events in Beslan with a much higher degree of professionalism and success. Fortunately, loss of life during hostage negotiations in the USA is the exception and not the rule…as it seems to be in Russia.

If one of my children were lost in Beslan?…..I’d be inviting Mr. Putin out to the Kremlin square to beat the snot out of him.