Terrorism and Terrorists / 到底谁是恐怖主义者？

最近两名车臣黑寡妇制造了莫斯科地铁大爆炸，造成四十多人死亡。恐怖主义已经成了一个大问题，无论去到哪里我们都觉得不安全，先是飞机，九一一价格借此机会大涨，而且安检也越来越复杂，现在就连地铁也不安全了。人们都将矛头指向恐怖主义者，究竟这些黑寡妇是谁？她们为什么要实施自杀式攻击？
车臣是俄罗斯联邦的一个共和国，地处欧洲东南部，北高加索山脉地区。这个地区盛产黑寡妇，其原因可追溯至1940年代斯大林的残酷统治时期。暴君斯大林为了强化他的统治，强行驱赶车臣人民离开自己的家园去到哈萨克斯坦或西伯利亚，车臣人民对他的暴政进行了英勇的反抗，斯大林以车臣人帮助德国法西斯为名，对车臣进行乐残酷的大屠杀，一时间寡妇处处可见，由于他们信仰伊斯兰教，喜穿黑色，故称‘黑寡妇’。由此可见，真正的恐怖主义者是斯大林，而非受尽苦难的车臣人民。这些黑寡妇，都非常年轻，最近的那个才17岁，花一般的年龄，她们本应该过着快乐美好的生活，无忧无虑，应该穿着时装去学校读书，而不是身绑炸弹去炸人炸己。试想有谁愿意这样做？反正我是不会。而她们小小年纪便已丧父，结婚不久便丧夫，接着还要忍受丧子之痛，她们的生活毫无希望，没有什么比绝望的女人更可怕的。我认为对这些人应实行安抚政策，而不是一味地镇压，就像孙子兵法中所说的‘不战而屈人之兵乃善之善者也’。强硬政策只能制造更多的黑寡妇。同样的道理，建议美国也不要欺人太甚。

Recently two Chechnya black widow suicide bombers struck the Moscow metro, killing 40 people. Now terrorism has become a severe problem. We don’t feel safe wherever we go. Flying is the first of our problems. We have to pay more after 911, when checking became more troublesome. Now even the trains are a problem. So many people point the finger at terrorists. Who are these black widows? Why are they killing innocent civilians?
The Chechen Republic, or, informally, Chechnya, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the South eastern part of Europe, in the Northern Caucasus mountains, in the North Caucasian Federal District. Why is this region especially famous for black widows? The problem can be traced back to the 1940s during the time of Joseph Stalin’s rule. He deprived them of living in their own region and relocated them to Kazakhstan and Siberia in order to strengthen his dictatorial ruling by accusing them of helping the Nazi Germany. Many people refused to leave their homeland and they were killed. In only a short time, many women became widows. So now we are able to see who are the real terrorists? I think it confirms that the biggest terrorist of all was Joseph Stalin and not the long suffering Chechnyans. They were only being used as the scapegoat. As they are Muslims and like to dress in black especially in mourning, that’s why they were called black widows. They are a very pitiful, tragic people, as when they were young their fathers were killed by the Russian Government forces and then their husbands, usually soon after they got married. And in the end, their sons too were victims of the same fate. What is the meaning of their lives? Absolutely there can be no meaning! At least I don’t see any. Think about pulling the trigger of the bombs attached to your body, appalling right? You dare to do? Definitely not I! You know they are all quite young. The most recent one was only 17 years old. It is a flowery age, 17. Some of them are very beautiful. They should have had a bright future. They should go to schools and laugh a lot at their age instead of carrying bombs and killing other people including themselves. Then why do they do it? It’s simply because they have now lost all hope. So if you have killed their fathers, husbands and sons, then the sole purpose in their lives would only be to seek a bloody revenge. After all, it was the Government who had made the first mistake. I think it’s impossible to kill all of them and it can never be the solution. The more you kill, the more black widows you’ll have and hence more troubles. No government should ever force anybody to that extent. The Russian Government should try to calm the situation and make a sincere apology for what they have done during the Second World War sincerely and comfort them. Likewise the US Government also should not force other countries without due consideration of the consequences. Effective government is like an art form. Like Sun Zi mentioned in his book, “The best way is to win a person over without using force.” You can use your fist as in previous Russian and US administration, of course, but in the end what will we get? Only more black widows and temporary peace. A greater and more catastrophic revenge is brewing.