Tommy Cox - KURSK

What a waste. Always count on the Soviets to martyr you for the glory of the state.

A really tragic event: to burn alive or drown in sub-zero temperatures, all while serving your country or perhaps simply serving an over-zealous wanna-be dictator? Putin's attitude was a bit too sociopathic - anybody see him on Larry King..."Mr. Putin, what happened to the Kursk?"..."она утонула" (she sank). Trivial regard combined with avoidance of intl assistance out of some half-assed show of strength...