Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors.
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It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.
The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.
Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion. And it could rise - the casualties could go into thousands and the cost could go over half a trillion - if we stay there for years.
War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.
That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.
There's so much focus and interest about what happens during war, but very little about what happens when people return to homes and communities that have been destroyed. There's a renewal that happens, but it's a very difficult one.
It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.
Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good.
Anyway the war is over so far as they are concerned. But to wait for dysentery is not much of a life either.
Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.
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