[Carry_Okie]

There is a fundamental problem with the juxtaposition of these events as being under the sole direction of the FSB. In one case we supposedly have the Russians setting up a false flag operation with which to justify taking up a war against Islamists in Chechnya. And yet in another we have the FSB supporting Islamic actions worldwide via support of Allawite Syrains, Shia Hezbollah, Shia Iran, Sunni Pakistan, Sunni Palestinians, and the Sunni Islamic Brotherhood. It looks more like a "let's get the two Islamic factions fighting" effort than it does directed specifically against America. Given the demographic decline of Russia v. the fecundity of Muslims and the long hatred Circassians have for Russians, from a purely practical power politics perspective, can you blame them?

I have a lot on my plate. Unless a guy like Nyquist makes an explicit and clear case for a specific conclusion, this kind of information goes under "file it," as but a potential data point. It certainly isn't enough to form an opinion. Insofar as whether Russia has taken action to support Islamic terrorist actions specifically against American interests as opposed to (for example) making a mess of over a billion violent eschatological idiots on their borders, well, I don't seen enough evidence of that here to make a conclusion given the strong potential for agitprop from a "former" Russian agent. He might be, he might not.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Insofar as whether Russia has taken action to support Islamic terrorist actions specifically against American interests

This seems like a strange statement. I think it is quite clear that Russia has taken aim against the United States in their support of Islamists. It's not like Iran is going to nuke Russia when they get the bomb, but rather the "little" Satan or the big one. The PLO, and other Islamist terrorist organizations setup by the KGB and later the FSB, are all anti-American to their very core. They work in their countries to undermine our nation there, while Russia, which carpet bombed entire Chechen cities, is totally glossed over in silence by Islamic propaganda networks and the like.

The Russkies supported the radicals in the first place, undermining the moderates in Chechnya in order to go in and carpet bomb the place. Right now, Kadyrov, Russia's puppet in Chechnya who names streets and the like after Putin, and who delivers 99 percent of the vote in Soviet style elections for Putin's party, is also sending around morality police and making little girls wear Burkhas. (In between kidnapping people for his sex dungeon.)