[Totenkopf]

Let Texas sucede...I could give a rat's ass.

I don't know much about the Chechnya situation, but it is my guess that though they were once part of a greater Russia, that it was once an enclave of similiar people (be it religion, language, etc) that was forced into a larger union. Almost every conflict that we see in the present is due to some "Superpower" coming into an area and carving out boundries that give no thought to the make-up of the people invovled (i.e. Yugoslavia, Palestine, etc). So these people are forced to live together, the Superpower goes on it's merry way, and all hell breaks loose. History has proven this time and time again.

As for terrorists tactics. You can look at it however you want, sure cowardice to hide among the civilian population. But what would you call a man with a machine gun facing a tank? Stupid. Second, a terrorist hides out in a civilian building...F#ck it, let's blow up the whole building from 2,000 miles away with a cruise missle. Yeah, we killed a terrorist, but just created a hundred more enemies. It's a cycle that will not end.

What's the solution? Sh!t, I don't know. All I know is if you are gonna play with fire, then you are gonna get burned. Let me ask, what would you do in their situation? And don't give me the BS, really think about it.