red butler
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The Crimean Tatars have a very interesting history and a lineage that goes all the way back to Genghis Kahn. I don't mean to sound contrarian in every post of this thread, but just to play devil's advocate:
1. Most of the ethnic groups that supported Hitler did not fair well in post war Soviet Union. The Soviets lost roughly 20 times more people than the US has in all their wars combined. That's no excuse for ethnic cleansing, just perspective.
2. Regarding forced migration, there are many groups throughout history that have been forced to move. Kurds, Native Americans, Palestinians, and African Americans off the top of my head. Each issue is complicated and have their own levels of conflict even to this day.
3. As far as the police escort, Russia has its' own terrorist issues with radical Muslim extremists. I know it's a personal bias from my own experience, but I get nervous when crowds start chanting Allah Ahkbar. I know In the back of my mind Islam is the religion of peace and all, but I don't know enough about the situation to make a call on whether the Tatars are more Hamas, Chechen, Al Queda, ISIS, or Hezbollah.
Note: I'm completely kidding about the last part. I know all Muslims are not jihadis.