Chronicles from Russian soldiers at the front show the rise of Russian patriotism and concern for Christianity during this campaign, including the adoption of Christian symbols and battle cries against a dedicated and merciless enemy.
The Russians and their officers learned how to engage and defeat the Chechen terrorist and military, each in their own backyard, rugged mountains or scattered towns.
Putin may have been entirely political in his administration of the Chechen Campaign, but for most of the Russian military, it was a Christian campaign, and part of an overall improvement in Russian military effectiveness and discipline.
The Russian military of today is far improved over the cold war Soviet military.
I personally don't think Putin will put the Chechens anywhere near Ukraine, he wants his MOST disciplined Russian troops there, the least hotheaded and least likely to screw up and provide a real provocation.
Putin's game is to get the west to loose a live weapon eastward, while NOT loosing one of his westward. In the meantime, he will use Obama's mob rule and Occupy tactics against Maidan and the US, just like they used the same against Russia's economy.
Interesting..again.
I only recently recalled what went on in Chechnya, enough to remember Putin didn’t take it well by any means....but knew nothing of the battle cry for Christianity? Guess I am limited in my understanding of that time more than I thought!
As for who he does put in Ukraine...I can only guess, which I obviously have. However if he operates anything like he did going into Crimea, well even even now our own military has been astounded with how he pulled that off so seamlessly.
I’ve spoken with some military people who said the entire operation and how it was executed was pretty astounding. a lot of deception and much denial also came into play.
Still The Eastern part of Ukraine is another story as we’ve seen already....different breed of people there. And it’s not clear they want to join Russia, rather be basically able to govern themselves.
Am getting tired, so off for a nap...just got off from a long couple days and catching up to me!