As the country becomes more authoritarian
The tragedy of the Beslan school has provided an intersting insight into the hollowness of political policy making, east and west.
Nowhere is this situation more puzzling than in the response to Putins proposal to clamp down by centralizing seveal remote governments in Moscow, eliminating the electoral process for the formation of governments. What this has to do with fighting terrorism I don't know.
The White House sends mixed messages: "its and internal Russian matter" vs "we are a beacon of democracy around the world". Which is it?
One can envision a time when Bush will cite Beslan as evidence of common cause with Russian against the terrorists. For me, I don't have to put on too big a of a tinfoil hat to imagine Bush, under some emergency scenario, curtailing the rights of states and other political actors under the guise of necessity to fight terrorism
Nowhere is this situation more puzzling than in the response to Putins proposal to clamp down by centralizing seveal remote governments in Moscow, eliminating the electoral process for the formation of governments. What this has to do with fighting terrorism I don't know.
The White House sends mixed messages: "its and internal Russian matter" vs "we are a beacon of democracy around the world". Which is it?
One can envision a time when Bush will cite Beslan as evidence of common cause with Russian against the terrorists. For me, I don't have to put on too big a of a tinfoil hat to imagine Bush, under some emergency scenario, curtailing the rights of states and other political actors under the guise of necessity to fight terrorism
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