Putin Says Russia Regained 'Historic Roots' In Crimea

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17. It doesn't take much work or intellect to learn the truth of these matters outside the narrative

Yet I see our resident cold warrior continues to post "half facts", despite being corrected multiple times.

While I am not in favor of the heavy handed approach to Jihad based Muslims (lack of process both here and apparently in Russia), there was a fundamentalist group of tatars that were communicating with Al-Qaida and had called a "Jihad" on Russia last year.

Those that disappeared are likely the Russian equivalent of our Guantanamo prisoners. Russia also has something we do not, which is a rehabilitation program for fanatics (that do not actually kill anyone), where they can come back into society if they reject their former associations and after a period of several years of parole can reintegrate into society.

But hey, getting deeper does not feed hate and hysteria so well.