[johnny7]

No... I just believe that Russia... will be Russia. It will take more than one generation of 'freedom'... for Russian's to come to terms with their brutal. yet astounding, history.

[GarySpFc]

Fair enough, but you have never been there to see the freedoms Russians enjoy. I also suspect you are not really familiar with the truth regarding Chechnya. We have friends from there. My wife's nephew served 5 tours there and one in Dagestan in the Spetsnaz. Those poor Chechens were given fair warning and time to leave Grozny. They are so nice all captured Russians enjoy having their heads sawed off. They forgot to show that nice little benefit to Anna Polikovskaya.