Cause and effect...

Dozens Killed in Attacks Near Chechnya, per FoxNews.

Many Chechen fighters trained and fought with the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Russia says many Arabs and other foreigners fight side-by-side with the Chechen rebels. The Chechen militants also are said to receive support from Al Qaeda and have strong contacts with the Wahhabi Muslim sect of Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Al Qaeda chief Usama bin Laden. The deeply fundamental beliefs of Wahhabism are believed to be bin Laden's spiritual foundation.

South Korea: Hostage killed, per CNN. Why are so many people under the impression that if we acquiese to the demands of terrorists, we will be left alone? A series of bombings in Spain, just prior to national elections, seems to result in Spain pulling its troops out of Iraq. Cause, and effect. Yet where is the sympathy that's extended towards Russia for staying out of, and voicing opposition to, the war in Iraq? What happened to the phenomenon of cause and effect? Of course, it's still there. The terrorists, far from being completely illogical, understand how the West reacts to their version of cause and effect. If you don't leave, we'll murder the innocent! It's because of your past deeds that we murder the innocent! With fanatics, there can be no appeasement. It is incredible, given the history of heinous acts committed by terrorists, that so many people in the West continue to believe that these cowards will play fair. And yet, the peace protests continue...