Re: [Leica] Re: Chechnya Off Topic Thought....

[ARTHURWG@aol.com]

If Chechnya were to achive independence from Russia, there would be dozens of 
other minorities/ nationalities wanting to follow. None of them have any use 
for Moscow. Chechnya was the place where  mother Russia made its stand over 
what remains of its empire. Can you really imagine them doing otherwise? At 
the same time, the U.S. has tacitly gone along with Russia in this, as it has 
with all the other Russian shenanagins . Are we aware that Russia is in the 
hands of organized crime? You bet. Do we know that virtually  every cent of 
foreign aid/foreign loans to Russia has left the country for private accounts 
in foreign banks?  We do. Apparently we are committed to Russian stability, 
what ever the cost, as preferable to the alternatives. That makes it too bad 
for Chechnya.