[2banana]

Under Stalin, the whole Chechen population was deported to Siberia and the steppes of Central Asia, where hundreds of thousands died.

It seems like this was the only solution that worked. Seriously...

The Chechens would be cast in a much better light if they would stick to military targets, treat prisoners humanely and kill the criminals posing as "rebels"

I am also amazed that the Germans got very close to Gronzy during WWII.

[dfwgator]

It would have been so easy for Germany to defeat Russia in WWII if only Hitler had treated the captured populations decently. Most Russians welcomed the Germans as liberators from Stalinist tyranny only to see the Germans treat them even worse.

[ExpandNATO]

So Russian/Soviet atrocities are OK, while the Chechens are simply unforgiveable.

Looks like FreeRepublic is turning into the Nation, all Soviet/Russian atrocities are explainable, understandable and the fault of the attacked group.