wiped off the map

do you think it ever occurs to putin that hardline islamic nations like iran probably support the islamic militants in chechnya, the ones who are openly trying to destabilize the region so as to create a caliphate in the caucauses? i would think that if it did, he'd be a little less sanguine about supporting iran's nuclear ambitions. yes, his country has a lot to gain financially from building iran nuclear power plants and such, but when iran has the bomb who's to say it won't aid the chechens with it?

nor would such a development bode well for israel.