What they need.

Post #172,615 by mmoffitt 9/3/04 1:05:53 PM Reply	What they need. Is for the entire Chechen region to be turned into glass. bcnu, Mikem "I declare war to the death on dominant nation chauvinism. I shall eat it with all my healthy teeth as soon as I get rid of this accursed bad tooth." V.I. Lenin
Post #172,623 by deSitter 9/3/04 1:34:42 PM Reply	Re: What they need. That would of course work - we could just kill all the Muslims or make them into slave labor. Of course, that wouldn't exactly be right now, would it? I can't understand why Russia doesn't just cut them loose. Must be oil or seaports. -drl
Post #172,630 by Arkadiy 9/3/04 1:48:21 PM Reply	Two reasons Not sure which one is the more important one. They actually were cut loose under Yeltsin, in all practical sences of the word. Russia lost the First Chechen War. Then, one day, they decided to strike across Russian border into Dagestan, another small quasy-republic in Russian Federation. And, at about the same time, appartment buildings in Moscow and Leningrad started to blow up (that may have been a set-up by FSB, no one is sure). So the reasons were: 1) they wouldn't leave Russia alone 2) Putin needed an enemy to look tough against. His popularity soared after he "won" the Second Chechen War. -- I love the accent: \ufffdMedicine Square Godden.\ufffd -- [link\|http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/04/0804/083104.html\|James Lileks]
Post #172,631 by Another Scott 9/3/04 1:53:08 PM Reply	It wouldn't stop with Chechnya (19kB .gif) [link\|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2355419.stm\|BBC Q&A on Chechnya]. This map illustrates the geography of the region: [image\|http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/460000/images/_460353_chechnya_caucusus2.gif\|0\|Caucauses\|284\|300] Many of the rebels don't want to stop with Chechnya, and [link\|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/429735.stm\|Dagestan] has already been a target. Caspian oil (routed through Azerbaijan) certainly is a strategic factor in the calculus on both sides. Cheers, Scott.
Post #172,649 by a6l6e6x 9/3/04 3:55:10 PM Reply	Finally the truth. It's about the oil! Alex "If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
Post #172,663 by mmoffitt 9/3/04 4:33:58 PM Reply	No, it wouldn't be "right". But, then, ... can you tell me the value of "negogiating" with the lower pond scum that could use children like this? People who shoot at children as they try to flee? They're worth what? Sorry, and I know I did this before when those of their type ilk flew airplanes into buildings, but I swear, increasingly I am left to believe that it is time we culled a few for the sake of the herd. bcnu, Mikem "I declare war to the death on dominant nation chauvinism. I shall eat it with all my healthy teeth as soon as I get rid of this accursed bad tooth." V.I. Lenin
Post #172,717 by marlowe 9/4/04 9:20:35 AM Reply	And then the West Bank? And Tikrit? What makes the Chechens worse than any other group of murderous malcontents chafing under necessary and well-deserved oppression? And to think they call me a warmonger. I've never advocated nuking a whole ethnic group. We need a missile defense to protect ourselves against people not much unlike you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Kerry is a liar and he doesn't tolerate fights from others. "All the news you wish would go away" [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]

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