Ah, here's that thread... :)

Teribus: I wonder: Did you support the right of tiny, poor, devastated East Timor to secede from Indonesia? Do you recognise the Republic of Nauru, which takes up, what, 8 square miles of rock, and has an economy based entirely on mining a dwindling supply of fossilised bird shit? These are just two of many independent states on this planet that aren't viable. Chad isn't exactly thriving. The Maldives are sinking. Albania just sucks. Do you support the existence of these states? If so, why not Chechnya?

Troll: Alright, so I exaggerated a bit when I referred to it as "cheering...on." But Bush's tacit support for Putin's "crackdown" in Chechnya and new (since 9/11) willingness to refer to the Chechen rebels as "terrorists" has the same effect. Your boy, who said during the 2000 campaign that he wanted to cut off aid to Russia if they didn't withdraw from Chechnya, sold the Chechens out in return for Russian support for his "war on terror." As far as the Russians are concerned, and as far as I'm concerned, Bush now supports their genocidal war.

Wolfgang: Yeah, so what's your point, about Atta and the rest planning to fight in Chechnya? Really, I'm curious. :)

---Lepus Rex