Originally Posted by TheSquealer

The discussion is about the Russians military capability. Not about Afghanistan (although we could go into that and how they kicked the shit out of the Soviet Union with bolt action rifles and horses.. but i'll not go there)

The reference to Chechnya was simple. Russia threw their entire military at Chechnya for the first war and were forced to withdraw in defeat grant them independence. Simple as that. A band of poorly armed, poorly trained, poorly organized Chechen fighters pushed out the entire Russian military. That's all.

As for terrorism... i'll repeat everything again. You are bringing up shit that happened AFTER the second Chechen war. The premise for the second war was their so called attacks on neighbors, not "terrorism". It evolved into "terrorism" as that became the popular theme and as Chechens actually eventually started committing terrorist acts.

Finally, since you guys want ot keep bringing it up, the difference between Russian and Chechnya and the USA and Afghanistan is that the USA has not been defeated or pushed out of Afghanistan. The USA is rebuilding Afghanistan while dealing with small pockets of resistance that more often than not get crushed every time they come out to play.