Interesting comments from Vlad Putin today, saying USA representatives shouldn't be talking to the Chechen separatist movement, whom Putins described as terrorists.
These are not "freedom fighters," Putin said. "Would you talk with Osama Bin Laden?" he asked.
"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?" the Russian president was quoted as saying by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Tuesday.
"You find it possible to set some limitations in your dealings with these bas**rds, so why should we talk to people who are child-killers?"
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/0...n.us/index.html
As a sidenote, Putin's conversation also included this quote:
In one dramatic moment, Putin said Russian security forces overheard a disturbing walkie-talkie conversation between the terrorists:
"What are you doing? Why? I hear some noise. What's going on? I'm just in the middle of shooting some children."
"They were bored," Putin said. "So they shot children."
Cowperson