>Their scale is insignificant. What does that mean and who told you so? Do you mean a lot less people died? That cities weren't being blown up? Casualty estima

>Their scale is insignificant. What does that mean and who told you so? Do you mean a lot less people died? That cities weren't being blown up? Casualty estimates for the Chechen wars vary wildly, but seem to be in the mid-5 to mid-6 digit range. >This war is on a scale we haven't seen for decades Ok, it is very clever to qualify with "for decades", you got me, 2008 seems like yesterday. I can remember before 9/11.