the outcome of the election

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Before 1990 Chechenya was part of the sovjet-union (and russia). I'm not pointing at that period. I meant the period after the break-up of the sovjet union. Chechenya wants to be independent and the russians don't like it. They are allready occupying (or what you want to call it)  the area, for quite some time now. With a complete army. People get raped, tortured and murdered there every day. (unlike before  1990). The situation is extremely volitle there, and might be compared with Iraq at the moment. The Beslan-drama and other suicide bombings are a result from this russian occupation. I don't approve of it, of course not, but this is the reason. And it directly shows that the (super) tough way does not work. With violence you only create terrorists.
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Thanks for the history lesson. However, there is absolutely no way that Russia can or should allow Chechnia to become independant. They are right in the middle of russian territory and always were. You think that if Kansas decided to proclaim it's independence, we could allow it? The chechens decided that Russia is now weak since communism fell, so they thought that the time was right for decisive actions. They were only partially right, but only partially. Before 1990, they would have been obliterated. Now it's a lengthy process, but there is no way they will get their wish. It's not an option. Why do you think Putin supported Bush? He did not want Kerry to bud in where he does not belong, like Clinton did in Yugoslavia.


Edit: I'm not suggesting that they should do to terrorist's kids what they did to those kids at the school. What I am saying is that the thing to do is to find and kill those that were connected to them. Not family members, unless of course they were involved. Without western interference, I'm pretty sure that Putin will be able to accomplish that.


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