[Amelia]

Putin is with us? I think not.

I'm thinking that perhaps Putin does not think we're with him yet.

Has our official policy regarding Chechnya changed yet? Do we officially realize that Russia is fighting radical Islamists in Chechnya, just as we are trying to fight them elsewhere?

[weikel]

Thats my intrepratation.

[Robert_Paulson2]

we don't recognise russia's problem with islamofascists, just like we don't recognise Israel's problem with them either...

We should, and we should NOW.
We should cut them the slack they need to save their nations from islamic terrorists.

If we cut them a check, Israel, India and Russia, would go for the jugular, by tomorrow morning.

[Mr. Mojo]

I'm thinking that perhaps Putin does not think we're with HIM yet. Has our official policy regarding Chechnya changed yet? Do we officially realize that Russia is fighting radical Islamists in Chechnya, just as we are trying to fight them elsewhere?

Good point. Why hasn't our official policy regarding Chenchya changed yet? What purpose does it serve to protect those Islamoterrorists? If all Putin wants is for us to turn a blind eye to Chechnya and assure them that the $8 billion debt Iraq owes Russia will be paid back (probably extracted from Iraq's oil fields), then we should do so without hesitation.