Stalin had the entire Chechen population removed from Grozny by train and they were dumped in the grasslands of Siberia.
"Removed by train" sounds very tender... the trains they had been removed by were of cattle cars with a lot of barbed wire on windows, with sealed doors and a lot of KGB guards.
Past suffering however doesn't justify today's terrorism. Russians would be very silly if they let this go. They should round up a town or village of equally innocent Chechen population and make it absolutely clear to the scumbags in the theatre that the rate of killed will be at least 10:1.
I mean, if after 9/11 the Americans made a glass parking lot of Medina or Mecca, Bali wouldn't happen.
Some of us are still dazed about that....why we didn't I mean. BUt we know why....and that's off topic.
Rumsfeld's notes mentioned a "massive response - immediate" according to notes released by an aide to the press.
Guess he didn't win that one.