>3. Зловещий нейтралите или молчаливая враждебность - Голландия, Франция, США
Почему США? Вот вам Вершбов:
"The United States Ambassador to Russia, Alexander Vershbow, praised the action, saying that the hostage taking by the rebels "was clearly a terrorist act".
"There can be no justification for kidnapping and killing innocent civilians," Mr Vershbow added."
Вот вам Поуелл:
"State Department spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden, accompanying Secretary of State Colin Powell at the summit, said the siege was "clearly an act of terrorism" and expressed Washington's condolences to the Russian people and the families of the hostages killed.
"The United States condemns terrorist attacks wherever they occur. No political grievance justifies the taking and killing of hostages," she said."
еще из Госдепартамента:
"This was clearly an act of terrorism, and the United States condemns terrorist attacks wherever they occur," Beck said. "No political grievance justifies the taking and killing of hostages." Nancy Beck is a State Department spokeswoman
Молчаливая враждебность? Зловещий нейтралитет? Не похоже.