To: dp0622; Hugin
Putin played the long game in Chechnya and ultimately succeeded because the Russian people were willing to keep paying the price. The Ukrainians aren’t hijacking Russian airplanes, seizing theaters full of people, or slaughtering elementary school children though.
7 posted on
04/23/2015 1:40:32 PM PDT by
SeeSharp
To: SeeSharp
Sharp analysis. That war had a TERRIBLE toll on Russian soldiers mentally. Chechens used to impale the dead and other horrifying things reminiscent of Vlad
8 posted on
04/23/2015 1:43:06 PM PDT by
dp0622
(Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
To: SeeSharp
Chechnya was always a part of the Russian Federation. Ukraine never was.
9 posted on
04/23/2015 1:55:29 PM PDT by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favo--first thing, get a firearm!")
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