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pydryyesterday at 3:20 PM1 replyview on HN

It didn't exactly matter in the end. Russia eventually encircled them with artillery and pounded them until they gave up and brokered a deal. Their fighting skills and spirit have since been added as an asset on the Russian military's balance sheet.


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pasquinelliyesterday at 3:38 PM

it doesn't really matter in the end because the human species will one day be extinct.

would the chechens be in their position now had they never fought? impossible to say, counter-factual conditionals are all unconditionally true. though i'm not sure why you'd assume so...

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