Yes they are delusional and don't know history.
" Russia has been trying for a decade to succeed in Chechnya."
This situation has been a tinderbox since the mid-19th century. Lots of Russian literature surrounds the conflict. Guess no one in Palm Beach has read Tolstoy.
I need help here. What is the true nature of this struggle? Is it all about Chechnya's oil, as a lib told me last evening?