They have been posing questions like "Could it happen in America" and "What if it happens in America" and so on. These are very interesting questions, especially if one can get through all the lurid hype and hysteria that is surrounding all of this, like it surrounds everything in the media these days. The terrorists that America is currently at war with are sure pondering all of this very closely. They realize that in order to make another strike against America like they did in September of 2001, that they need to change their tactics. Overt tactics like the ones they used then probably will not work anymore, since America has gone so security- conscious since then. So they will need to find other ways of getting their point across, and doing shit like what the Chechens did in Russia could be very appealing to them. It could very well be the easiest thing for them to do actually. For it would not be all that hard for them to go and start a hostage situation in a public gathering of some kind in America. They could not be these overt military dudes that go and accomplish this by using military means like their brethren did in Russia, for that would be a bit too obvious.Rather, they would have to use ordinary citizens that would be able to blend in with the crowd, much as they did on the airplanes in 2001, and then just spring a coordinated attack like they did on those same planes and secure the building and all those inside. Once they did that, they could do whatever they felt that they had to, try and negotiate like the Chechens did, or eventually start random killings like the Chechens also did, or just go on another spectacular suicide mission like they did in 2001 and destroy the building and all those inside. How would America react to a situation like the one that Russia faced was another question that the pundits asked. Yes, how would America react to situation like the one that I described above? According to the pundits, differently. They all pointed out that Putin sent in his Army to get the Chechens rather than his Pigs, who played a secondary role in the whole thing. The military is trained differently than the Pigs are. They are trained to wage war, which means to expect casualties but to try and minimize them as much as possible. The Pigs are trained to avoid casualties at all costs and as such, use different tactics than the hardcore ones used by the military. So, in America, they said, you would not have the authorities pumping gas into the building and them storming it like they did in Russia, because you'd have the Pigs running things in America, and the military could play no role in things, even if you were dealing with politically oriented enemies of the USA, because of that Posse Comitatus Act that the Pentagon kept hiding behind during the Beltway Sniper scene, the act that says that the military cannot be used as Pigs within America. So you would not get tactics used that would certainly result in casualties in America say those that profess to know such things. I know that this is true when you are speaking of ordinary everyday American crimes and criminals, but if it was something related to the Terror War, would America use those same tactical maneuvers?
Because you can say what you want to say about the way that Putin handled things in Russia this past Saturday, but the bottom line is that he was successful in achieving his goal. This was not the first time that Russia has faced a situation like this either. Since first Russia itself, and then later, the USSR, were nothing more than conglomerations of other states and countries into a larger one, they have had separatist movements in their land for many years now. These separatists have been the terrorists of that part of the world for a long time. They have used tactics like bombings, hostage takings, and the like to get their message across for years. The Russians are well-versed in how to deal with these terrorists in their own land, much more so than America is. They have faced many a situation like the one they faced last week, although maybe not as large. Nonetheless, they have a record of being totally successful against these domestic acts of terror. Even when they are not winning the war that the terrorists are protesting, like in Chechnya and in Afghanistan before that, they are totally successful against these domestic terrorists. And why are they so successful against them? Because they use their Army to deal with them, that's why. They treat these things not as a matter of criminal behavior, but as acts of war and they react accordingly. Those Chechens were lucky that the Russians acted as civilly as they did towards them. In the days of the USSR, the Army would have stormed that theater right away, all guns blazing, and they would not have given a fuck about who they killed in the process, be it Chechen Gunman or innocent hostage. The fact that any of the hostages got out of that scene last week alive is an improvement over the way that these things used to be handled over there. In the old days, maybe 5 or 9 people would have survived it all. But no matter what, the Russians have been successful against these types of domestic terror acts in their country. I am sure that America's fearless leader has taken note of this. If there ever was a situation where there was a hostage scene going on and the hostage takers were deemed to be the Terrorists that America is at war with, I think that it might not be handled quite the way that the pundits think that it would be. Look at the way that the Branch Davidian thing was handled back in the 90's. When that loon David Koresh barricaded himself and his followers in their compound, they stayed in there while the Pigs tried every tactic that they knew of to get them out of there. They blasted them with Christmas carols, strong light, blockades, everything that they could think of, to no avail. Finally the Pigs got frustrated and let the Army go at it and they rushed the compound, which only ignited Koresh's paranoid delusions of the endtimes, and he promptly set the compound on fire and incinerated almost everyone inside. No success for the authorities there, just a lot of bullshit and double-talk explanations. That whole scene ended up like it did because the Pigs got frustrated and called in the Military. If you were to have a hostage situation with Taliban/Al-Queda dudes doing the hostage taking, I think that Bush would freak right out. He would start to hear God Himself talking to him and telling him to use all means at his disposal to rectify the situation to God's satisfaction. Bush would probably tell the Pigs that this was no longer a crime matter, but a matter of war, the war that America is fighting for God Himself. All Bush could see would be the fact that he would want to be successful in a situation like this just like the Russians are. So he would rely on the same tactic that the Russian have always used. He would bring in the American military to rectify things, and he would excuse it by saying that America is at war and that these ar enemy troops that are doing this hostage shit, and that they need to be dealt with in a military fashion, just like those detainees in Cuba had to be dealt with as enemy troops. It would no tat al be inconceivable to see Bush push the Pigs aside if there was such a situation in America and replace them with the Military, citing national Security. Then , that Posse Comitatus Act goes right out the fuckin' window, never to be seen again, another casualty of the War On Terror. Since Bush seems to feel that he is being guided by God in this war, he will use any and all tactical maneuvers that he deems necessary in order to win it. If the blurring of the line between acts of criminality and acts of war is something that he feels that he has to do,m he will do it. If he feels that he has to act like Putin did in a situation, he surely will, for Bush has already proven that he will act like anyone has, be they admirable leader or despicable tyrant if he deems it necessary for the war effort. Like any good military leader, Bush will use the tactical maneuvers that he feel necessary to win a war,. And after all, the President is the Supreme Commander of the American Armed Forces, and Bush gets off on that like few other Presidents before him have. So any and all tactical maneuvers should be expected here, no matter what they may be.