hard to believe these bunglers kept the world on edge for 50 years
The admission of an effort to minimize the magnitude of a hostage crisis that ensnared about 1,200 people, most of them children, marked a sharp turnabout for the government of President Vladimir Putin. In previous crises with mass fatalities, such as the sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 and the 2002 siege of a Moscow theater, officials covered up key facts as well, but afterward never acknowledged doing so.
Russia Admits It Lied On Crisis
Those who believe the sky is falling in the USA would do well to study this carefully. Putin's answer to the slaughter will probably be more loss of personal freedom and sadly that may be all he can do.
It is my opinion that we are doing the right things to maximize our security. The day that such attacks become routine in this country is the day we can say goodbye to freedom as we know it.