Thread: What can be done to prevent terrorism?

So, you seem to be saying that powerful Russians were behind the bombing to get the people to go to war against Chechnya once more. I admit that these type of things are done in this world. I believe that 911 was used for such a purpose. But here are two problems I have with this in this case.
1. Putin/Medvedev do not need such a ploy. They can accomplish their agenda without such tactics, in Russia.
2. It was such a small bombing. We already know that these Moslem separatists use these tactics regularly.

I take this for face value, just like I take "Beslan" at face value.

Originally Posted by Sgt. Cold

So, you seem to be saying that powerful Russians were behind the bombing to get the people to go to war against Chechnya once more. [...] I believe that 911 was used for such a purpose.

Actually, no. I don't think Russian Government had done it before and I don't think Russian Government had done it now. It is impossible. It is also impossible for the US government to do anything close to 9/11. Those governments might have benefited from the results in some ways (and lost in the others), but they 100% did not design and did not execute those actions. Behind those theories lies a perception that the secret services are omnipotent and that is simply not true. The secret services just like any other government services are full of bureaucrats who only think of how not to get involved into anything and be responsible for anything. Like any other governmental services they do not really care about the real performance, but more of their own retirements and benefits. How do you imagine that happening in practice? One bureaucrat is saying to another: "our president is not popular in his own country; let's blow up a couple of hundreds or thousands of our own citizens?" That is laughable. What if one bureaucrat is just testing another for loyalty (as part of the regular check-ups)?