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To: one_less who wrote (144991)9/7/2004 11:46:23 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I have never understood why Russia feels compelled to invade and conquer (over and over again) Chechnya in the first place, unless it has something to do with some long term plan to start knocking over dominoes again. The scarriest part about the recent attack on the school is that it wasn't just Chechnyans. It wont stop, and it isn't winnable by the Russians. They can keep occupying Chechnya and will continue to present themselves as targets. I wish someone would explain to me what the interests of Russia, occupying Chechnya are...that would help this discussion.

It wasn't like Chechnya was a country outside of Russia and the Russians invaded. Chechnya was/is an administrative district within Russia. It's not even on some edge of Russia. It's like Iowa wanted to declare independence from the US. It's awkward.

Having said that, the Russians have been brutal. Killing tens of thousands Muslims and displacing hundreds of thousands. The US used to have a policy that the Russians were oppressing and brutalizing the Chechnyans, but Bush wanted the Russian vote for 1441. ... so the US agreed to call the Chechnyans "terrorists".

Of course, no one wants to be seen as "weak" on terrorism. Putin certainly doesn't. One has to remain tough, regardless of the consequences. I'd bet that if we were paying a lot of attention to internal Russian politics, we would find that Putin says he's winning the war on terrorism.

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