[lbo-talk] Basayev

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com
Sat Jul 30 13:57:40 PDT 2005


On Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:12 PM [PDT], Peter Lavelle <untimely_thoughts at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Ditto Chris!!!
>
> I am beside myself concerning this interview! The ABC
> interview desecrated the graves of Beslan. Basayev
> admitted that he is a terrorist and responisble for
> the murder of Beslan's children. Somebody please help
> me understand why the US can possibly believe there
> are "good terrorists" and "bad terrorists" in the
> world? My Russian wife, very apolitical, went into a
> rage about this interview, telling me that the US
> hates Russia and will do anything to hurt her country.
> What could I say in return after the interview?.....
> nothing she was willing to listen to. Wait for a
> meaninful Russia reaction... all counter-productive
> and playing into the hands of terrorists. The
> anti-Russia lobby in the US is playing with fire big time.....
>
>

I wonder... for geopolitical reasons, how this all plays in the Chinese media?

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/29/content_3284502.htm

Journalistically... flat.

Leigh www.leighm.net



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