Recent events show that the Russians are currently facing a dangerous situation in Chechya and anti-Russian sentiment grows. The facts are inescapable. The Russians will never win the war. The Chechens continue to fight with unbelievable bravado and they bring themselves close to destruction. They are taking risks as they never have before, because the goal is control over their own lives. They are willing to risk their lives for something that they believe will bring them freedom to breakaway from Russia. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for what they believe is their ultimate right, the right to govern themselves. They had the choice between the hard steel of guns and the cold reality of mediation. They are an intractable people. They will continue even if it means their own death , even if their own families have to die for it, their whole town, or their country. The only way to survive is not to care about survival. This is what the Russians face, not only on a daily basis, but maybe months and years into the future. There is nothing noble about it at all, it is merely ugly and pitiful. The past will continue to come together in one vortex after another. The will move further into a hatred, fuming and fulminating. Why are men, such perfect fools?