To: ken5050
Russia has made many stupid mistakes The most stupid was to grant Chechnya practical independence (1996-1999) what led to chaos, to influx of the terrorists and attempts at expansion.
59 posted on
09/09/2004 1:43:27 PM PDT by
A. Pole
(Madeleine Albright:"We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.")
To: A. Pole
"Simply making the republic independent would not only reward terror; it would not work, as Chechnya is too shattered to function on its own. Pulling the troops out would leave a bandit state, worse than the one that operated in 1996-99."You should read the actual article.
63 posted on
09/09/2004 1:47:13 PM PDT by
Luis Gonzalez
( Even Jane Fonda apologized. Will you, John?)
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