We won't forgive!

If I were asked: “What should President Putin do now, after such a terrible tragedy on the Kursk nuclear submarine?” I would advise: “Quietly resign.” But they won't ask me.
They won't ask us.
They only ask when they need to get into the Kremlin. And when to leave there, they decide for themselves.
All last week, a roaring Russia was banging its head against the hard hull of the sunken submarine “Kursk”. It was impossible to eat, drink, or enjoy anything. There wasn't enough air. It seemed that we were all simply going crazy - from pain, despair, powerlessness. And the government, tired of verbiage, headed by the president, rested, working on a tan. Now it has become absolutely clear to us that there are no differences between them - these left and right, communists and democrats, liberals and agrarians. They all look the same these days - a sort of large party of Tanned, Well-fed, Indifferent, Inarticulate Tsyniks (abbreviated name - in capital letters).
The tragedy in the Barents Sea divided Russia into two incompatible parts: the authorities - tanned, overfed, lazy and irritated by the fact that they are bothered by misfortunes even on vacation; and the people are drinking valerian, swollen from tears and insomnia, listening to every word of RTR special correspondent Arkady Mamontov.
Now I understand why Putin sent the helpless and awkward Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov to the site of the nuclear submarine accident, and not, for example, Sergei Shoigu. Because Shoigu, who has repeatedly found ways out in extreme situations, could have done something, could have leaned out of the orderly row of the resting government, and no one needs this now. They needed someone like Klebanov.
It also became clear why the country’s leadership did not accept foreign assistance from the very first days. It was afraid: what if the ill-fated hatch of the submarine would be opened first by the Norwegians or the British, and not by us. What a blow to national pride! In the end it happened, but only a week later, when it was already too late...
Everyone who was obliged to act and not observe the tragedy of the submariners - Supreme Commander-in-Chief Putin, Defense Minister Sergeev, Secretary of the Security Council Ivanov, and Navy Commander Kuroyedov - must resign. But I'm sure they won't do that. The highest officials of the state have always had a bad time with honor.
A worthy response to the cowardly position of the authorities can only be our unforgiveness and contempt for it.
Yuri PILIPENKO.