[Tailgunner Joe]

This is about muslim anger at the west over cartoons. Russia sided with Islam against the west.

[A. Pole]

This is about muslim anger at the west over cartoons. Russia sided with Islam against the west.

There is a large native Muslim population in Russia. It is a matter of Russian national security to prevent ethnic/religious conflicts. One Chechnya was enough.

If you were in the Russian government would you act differently?

[GarySpFc]

This is about muslim anger at the west over cartoons. Russia sided with Islam against the west.

Tailgunner, you remember the cartoon in the Volgograd paper, and in reality it was not offensive, because it simply implied that all religions should get along. However, it violated Russian law, which was in effect prior to the cartoon. It calls for nothing offensive to any religion being in the papers. To say Russia sided with the Muslims on this count is a distortion of reality, and if you were honest you would admit it. This is simply another example of your life has to find some reason to attack Russia no matter what the truth.