Re: Chronology of Russian-Chechen relations -- intro and part one

[Chris Doss <nomorebounces@xxxxxxx>]

I agree that it is more complicated, but I can't see why Putin's approach gives
a
more satisfactory explanation.  When I was in France, they had terrorist attacks
quite frequently -- 1979 -- but the French both repressed AND accomodated
resistence
forces.  France is not great, but it seems a step ahead of what the US does &
what I
see Putin as doing.

Do you think that Putin could do better?

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Russia had not just terrorist attacks -- it also had armed aggression and a slave trade. That said, as I've said before, I think sending forces to highland Chechnya was a mistake. They should have established a security cordon along the river Terek. But pretending that Russia did not face a serious threat to its south is just silly.