[FreeReign]

The U.S. has not supported Chechnya since 9/11, and it doesn't seem to me that Bush did so earlier...

I believe our policy is to see Chechnya free of terrorists and free of Russians.

[Cicero]

Probably it is. But the emphasis earlier was "free of Russians," who we were told were persecuting those nice, innocent Chechens, whereas now I'd say we are more concerned to get rid of the terrorists before we worry about the Russians.