[MarMema]

It is truly wonderful and I am so grateful for God's help in this. They wanted badly to embarrass Putin as he was elected on his promise to end the chechen menace.

Articles were already coming out, yesterday - "Is this the beginning of the end for Putin?"

Now he has turned it around and made it into a triumph. And in the process, I think a stronger union has been formed between those 29 countries who all joined together to teach the chechens a lesson. This has made me more hopeful for the end of the islamic terrorists than ever before....a message from God that we will get through this, if you will. I am very thankful.

[TheSpottedOwl]

If the US could come out and publicly support Russia regarding the Chechen "problem", maybe they'd support us against Iraq. Sweeten the deal on both sides by purchasing Russian oil :)(kill Saudi revenue)

I distrust Russia, but the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Here's to strange bedfellows!