[quote="Recycled Spooge":efa27]First thing I would do would be putting sometype Chechnyan delegates in the Kremlin, along with all the other minorities in the Russian Federation. Then they might be able to come to a compromise without having to split from the federation. Just my thoughts... I was just making a reference to the American Revolution and the whole parliament issue at that time.[/quote:efa27]

I think that would be a bad idea, when one terrorist gets away with their demands, others get bold and follow.

If the Russians let this pass without severe retaliation, we can expect a similar Al Quaeda attack here in the US. the US being an open society and all it is quite easy to acquire weapons here and the police generally don't question people who are supposedly doing their job (the Chechens disguised themselves as maintenance staff moving construction equipment, which was actually crates of bombs and guns)