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Well.....Those tactics can have an effect. For instance, the people of Russia may after several of these appalling attacks put pressure on their government to pull the troops out of Chechnya. I would imagine that whilst many Russians will take a "hold firm and dont give in to terrorists stance" many others will just want the terrorism to end and as such may pressurise their government to effect the changes which will lead to an end of the violence.
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and if the russians fold due to these attacks they will once and for all prove themselves to be a feeble state unable to stand firm in the face of terrorist actions.
by your logic, let's imagine that the wives of the russians killed in this conflict started strapping bombs to themselves and going into chechen markets and schools. would you then argue that it is a logical and justified action? or would you condemn them as butchers?
striking out at civilian centers with terrorist method is the work of human filth. they deserve to be wiped from the earth. soldiers fighting other soldiers is unfortunate, but fair - the strongest win. (and that doesn't necessarily mean the side with the most bombs or people) sometimes civilians will be killed in these battles that is also unfortunate, but not the intentional goal of the action. strapping a bomb on a person and putting that person in the middle of a civilian center is bullshit. you can justify it with your love for the "cult of the victim" but it is still bullshit. we live in a "civilized" world (it is hard to say that with a straight face) that has decided there are rules of warfare. if one side of a war or conflict discards the rules what is to stop the other?
say putin sees enough russian civilians killed and gets big balls about it. what is to stop him from discarding the accepted rules of war, like his opponents did, and commence firebombing the city centers of chechnya one at a time. i mean, hell, why waste anymore good russian soldiers on the conflict. just wipe chechens right off the face of the earth until their leadeship decides they've had enough and surrenders. would that be ok with you? if putin sees that as the only viable option to ending the conflict, that would be ok wouldn't it?
dana i appreciate your compassion for those you see as downtrodden but you are obsessed with victimization. you justify anything they do with the same logic; "look what they have had to endure." bad shit happens. each individual is responsible for their actions. having some corpses in your family cannot justify the intentional targeting of civilians. those who strap bombs to themselves and target women and children are filth, worthy of a painful death.