Tom de Waal : « De Waal : Their parents were in two savage wars with Russia and displaced from homeland . Suspects lived a typical Chechen life of migration , he says , part of a macho culture . Chechens resent the label `` terrorists , '' he says ; suspects seem to have embraced it .
Tom de Waal : Boston suspects are Chechen , a minority group that has suffered under Russia . De Waal : Their parents were in two savage wars with Russia and displaced from homeland . Suspects lived a typical Chechen life of migration , he says , part of a macho culture . Chechens resent the label `` terrorists , '' he says ; suspects seem to have embraced it .