400 Held Hostage in Russian School

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Originally Posted by Valandil

One unfortunate thing too is that anytime terrorists are successful with having their demands granted when they take hostages, what does that do? It encourages more terrorists to take hostages.

This will sound quite cruel, but is it your duty, if you're a world leader, to consider those who are taken hostage as dead already? Then you do what you have to do - and if you can save some, all the better? It would be awful for those who are hostages that day, but does it save everyone else from greater likelihood of being made a hostage?

Please note that I'm not convinced of this nor advocating it... I just raise the question.

I agree. People are going to die either way. You cant give them what they want, they will keep asking.
The British SAS have the right idea. They contend that the terrorists are going to die anyway, via suicide or assault, so killed 'em fast and save as many as you can. If half die, then, sadly but truthfully, half have been saved. Its a lose lose situation, the question is, how many can you save?

Damn the terrorists, and I hope the russian special forces kill them all.