I agree with the Yugoslavia comparison as far as the animosities between population segments go. Yugoslavia however was not jsut about ethnic groups but also religions which made this one fairly unique in the world rather than being a fight of ideologies.
Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnia all have one common denominator:
The occupying forces have no backing by the people, are not wanted and don't care for the occupying nation to have troups on their soil.
Russia was fairly vocal all throughout Nato's involvment in former Yugoslavia, but has been rather quiet when it comes to Bush's Iraq war and Chechnia is probably part of the reason why... (yes I know the russian people are against the Iraq war but the politicians aren't critcizing the US in the international press)
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