I think it is very respectful and commendable that despite these current days of war, extreme diplomatic hostilities, and fundamental disagreements between the United States and Russia over the future direction of the international system, that some people in Moscow have taken a moment today to memorialize the victims of the September 11th attacks. Let’s never forget that the Russians are a people who have suffered immensely from the cruelty of terrorism, and there is no reason these basic humanitarian values transcend the highs and lows of politics and government.
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I’m stunned by how naive your attitude towards this event is. There is simply no evidence of widespread Russian popular support for the United States against Islamic terror. If there were, then Russians would not be so quick to denouce and attack the U.S. and surely they would not support their government’s efforts to arm and fund rogue Islamic terrorists like those in Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah.What you fail to notice is the possiblity that Russians are simply reminding Americans of their vulnerability to terrorism, in essence threatening them and celebrating what occurred in a ghoulish manner.Where are the criticisms of the Russian people of their government’s behavior towards America’s Islamic enemies, if they really feel sorry for 9/11? How would Russians like it if Americans sent the same weapons Russia sends to Syria to Chechnya?