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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...

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.