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Originally Posted by rdeyes
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Originally Posted by Trunks
What many people dont understand is that this land has always been a part of russia, this wasnt a part of the soviet union mind you, it was always a part of russia, and now, all of a sudden, they want to be seperate. Would any other country let a piece of it, no matter how small just break away? That would be a sign of weakness. One piece breaks away, then another peice, and pretty soon, all thats left of russia is the land around msocow. Not trying to justify either side, but i doubt these so called purgings are any different from US troops in Iraq rounding up suspected militants, and interrogating them...
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im WW2 stalin deported and killed alot of chechens for helping the nazi's .. chechnya has always wanted to be free from russia . the first russian -chechen war russia got its ass handed to it , then they withdrew and it became a kidnapping haven and terrorist training ground , thats why russia went back in there .. its a no win situation
American troops in Iraq act alot more civil than the russian troops do in chechnya, it was nice to see short point out that. |
Stalin killed anybody who he suspected was plotting against him. The major reason why russian casualties were so high in ww2 was because stalin killed off 90% of the officers of the red army only a couple years before russia was surprise attacked. Anyway, russia's situation in chechen can be likened to the American situation in vietnam. And yes, it was very hard to win a solid victory, since a lot of the forces used guerilla type tactics to combat the russian forces. Because russians were suffering casualties, and many civilians were being killed, chechen and russia organized a peace treaty to end the first russian chechen war. Not being rascist, but chechen always was a shady area, lots of crime, drugs and arms smuggling, etc. The reason for the second chechen war is the "Dagestan Campaign" during which russia suffered from many terrorist attacks. At least 300 people died. So russians did what anybody else would do, strike back.