he-he... no really, is Afghanistan the only word you can say?... and weren't you there too? And by the way, it had way more to do with Russia than the US... and Chechenia is NOT A COUNTRY BUT A SEPARATE STATE OF RUSSIA and has been the source of quite a few terrorist attacks all over Russia in the past few years...
Now you are saying that I wouldn't be able to post here if not of the US?... well, I admit that the internet started out in the states, just like Russians have had their First Austronaut in Space... DOES THIS MATTER A COUPLE OF DECADES AFTER??? NO!...
And you are saying the country is dying... ha-ha-ha... it is the only country in the world, that has enough resources to live ALONE, but its size plays for its negative side too, it is real hard to have a centralized government then, and with the new democratic regime, that had come into power less than 20 years ago, it is quite a big task to handle... BUT the richest people live in Russian, Moscow has more Mercedes 600 Cars than the whole of Europe and an average Russian has at least 1 University Degree... AND most of the masterminds in Silicon Valley strangely have Russian Family Names... hm?