[OpusatFR]

I think they have been remarkably patient considering this has been going on since 1845.

[gdyniawitawa]

War on Terror is facing different tune. If America and Russia shall combine their strength to go against these people no country on earth will be able to withstand unprecedented punch coming from both of these countries. No one and I mean no one in their right might want to really make these to countries so angry as to take gloves off.

[Smedley]

I never thought I'd say this as a kid, but ...

Go Ruskies -- kick some butt

[LjubivojeRadosavljevic]

"I think they have been remarkably patient considering this has been going on since 1845."

Which is all the more reason that Moscow needs to put into place a plan for Chechnya similar to that of what John Major and Tony Blair did with the situation in Northern Ireland. (Remember the bomb blast in London, 1992.)

Sending in spetnaz soldiers and killing a bunch of people (eh' terrorists) won't solve the problem in Chechnya.

[Eva]

Russia has backed the United States in its war on terror since the September 11 attacks in 2001, and has consistently depicted its struggle with Chechen militants as part of the same global battle.

I guess they don't count Saddam Hussein as part of the war on terror, even though he was financing and training them. Sorry Russia, you lose, unless you apologize for your oppositional actions in the UN.

[Democrap]

"The connection of these terrorists with the Taliban and al Qaeda has long ago been proved," he said.

Amazing all Russia has to do is say it and it is FACT. Now go to the UN and plead your case on your knees. No you won't do that you'll your act unilaterally and no one will say squat.

[VOA]

Russia vows to destroy Chechen rebels (Russia Alert -
They are bloody mad can you blame them)

The Russians tried to be reasonable with them...and got abused militarily.

The Russians reasonably started to respond to the Checheyns brutally and made progress.

To anyone who says the US isn't in a real war with certain Islamic sectors...
just needs to watch the Russian-Checheyn situation.
It's to the death and we (and the Russians) have to win.

[Ronin]

Even though it should be clear to anyone who can read a map, not many people seem to understand that the Islamic threat Russia faces is far worse than our own.

They share borders with these people. They know that if the Islamanazis consolidate their grip on the near-abroad, former SSRs that it won't be too much longer before they start making new advances into Christian territory.

Their real wake-up call was the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. They didn't get it then, but now that the warning has been written in blood on the Moscow Metro walls, they seem to be getting with the program.

Negotiating with Islamists is ultimately futile. Any promise they make they will break as soon as it is in their interests.

The United States and Russia should be full partners in the great work to preserve Western Civilization. Unfortunately, lingering "Cold War" rivalry is still hampering that.

[fire_eye]

I wish Putin all the luck in the world obliterating Chechnya... but Solzhenitsyn points out that of all the "conquered" peoples whom Stalin subjugated, only the Chechens continued to resist.

That said, though, one thing Bin Ladin accomplished (brilliant political strategist that he is) with his 9/11 attack was to ensure that Russia will now have a free hand in Chechnya. Pathetic pictures of dismembered Chechens won't arouse any sympathy here in America any more (except among the psychopathic, suicidal, and dwindling Left, of course). Nice going Osama... your "Islamic Brothers" owe you a big debt of... of... of - ?

And there are any number of bored American ex-Special Forces types who will be only too happy to go to Chechnya to help out, just to get some "trigger time" against the goat-rapers (if the Russians really want any help...)

[SunkenCiv]

"We will not negotiate. We will destroy these people calmly and systematically," he told a news conference in Munich.

The reason Russia wants Chechnya is that it's the proposed route for an oil pipeline to the Black Sea, and of course because it used to be part of the Russian Empire. The same annexation policy is being applied elsewhere, notably in the Georgian republic. Vladimir Putin wants to rebuild the Soviet system and reacquire its territory. He just "disappeared" a politician who had announced his challenge for the next elections.

[ChadGore]

Go Vladi Go ! . . . we'll meet you in Tehran.

[ZULU]

I hope Putin leaves Chechnya a smoking, charred, radio-active hole in the earth and we don't say one word about it - except to congratulate him.

[battousai]

Hey cowards of Spain, what do you say now? Was it Russia's involvement in Iraq that got them this bombing?

Oh thats right, Russia opposed action in Iraq, well now what's the excuse?