Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Yeah,... i'm an idiot.

Chechnya pushed Russia out and gained independence RECOGNIZED BY RUSSIA in the first war.

You think i'm dumb?

Really?

You don't know your own fucking history?

Handfuls of fighters with small arms and sniper rifles crushed the Russian army and forced them out and forced Russia to accept and legally recognize their independence.

The whole idea of terrorists hiding in Chechnya was just Putins way of getting elected again being appointed Prime Minister by Yeltsin 6 months before the elections. His only real immediate promise to Russia was to take Chechnya back.... then magically, all these small border skirmishes started happening. As far as attacking small villiages etc... uhm... yeah. There were most likely legit attacks in some form. I know plenty of people from that region. However, there was also a massive and obvious propaganda campaign by the Russian government to over state the magnitude of what was happening. I mean fuck man, Russians don't even believe that shit. Laughable non stop news reports about massive border firefights, but no signs of wounded people, exploded vehicles, dead fighters etc. The apartment building bombings in Moscow.. then the bomb found in Kazan apartment building where local police and KGB said it was just for practice. The Russian government is so bad at propaganda its unreal. They don't even try to make shit believable.

All the real terrorism in and from the region, including pankisi gorge etc started after the second war had already been under way and continued after the war (Nord Ost, plane bombings etc)

So thanks for the history lesson...