Russia may hit USA very hard below the belt (Things get more serious)

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[kronos77]

The sale of Russia’s arms is another problem. The governments of Western countries and Israel are concerned about reports saying that Russia started the shipments of first components of its S-300 missile system to Iran. The latter may subsequently use the powerful systems to down US and Israeli aircraft.

Russia may complicate USA’s and NATO’s supply of the coalition in Afghanistan In April, Moscow gave France and Germany a right to transit non-combatant cargoes via Russia. Russia’s ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the West should not bite the hand that feeds 50,000 servicemen in Afghanistan. Moscow can offer show pressure of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, which the USA would like to use for their operations in Afghanistan.

In addition, Russia is capable of blocking any sanctions at the UN Security Council. Moscow can also pull out from a number of disarmament treaties, including the one signed with the USA about the liquidation of short and smaller range missiles after the expiry of START-1 Treaty in 2009.

Russia may hit USA very hard below the belt

Flynt Leverett, a former National Security Council senior director and CIA senior analyst, said that Moscow was becoming a very important buyer of US Treasury bonds and US government agency issues. The specialist believes that those officials, who urge Washington to put forward various ultimatums to Russia, would hardly prefer Moscow disposing of its dollar assets. Leverett wrote for The National Interest that Moscow was sounding out opportunities of selling Russian crude for roubles, which would obviously affect long-term dollar positions.

[Crazieman]

I don’t think Russia owns enough to be of any value, and they couldn’t convince China to dump dollars. China is smart enough to know it would cripple them.

This article should have a Pravda Alert warning.

[Soliton]

The s-300 was deployed to Syria in 2005. The Israelis went in bombed their nuclear plant and left without any return fire. I hope the Iranians keep the receipts.

[central_va]

Bring it on...

[henkster]

Ahh....so good to see our Russian friends are back to their old ways again. During the 1980’s, just how many AK-47’s and RPG’s did they dump into the 3rd world? And we’re still dealing with the mess they created there.

Now it’s more heavy-handed thuggery at every turn with them. Our craven libs will never realize that all the Russians understand is a 2x4 planted firmly between their eyes...usually 3 or 4 applications are necessary.

[2banana]

I have never understood Russia giving/selling weapons and arms to radical islamic countries when Russia has huge problems with its own radical islamic provinces that want to break free or expand (Chechens, etc)...

[McGruff]

I wonder if they sold Iran some of those fabulous GPS Jammers also.

[kronos77]

Interestingly, Cina dumoed far more RPGs and AKs into 3rd world in that period.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I hope the Iranians keep the receipts.

The ones marked, "All Sales Final"?

The S-300 is sold "as-is" without any explicit or implied warranty of suitability for any particular use. Failure of your S-300 could have serious consequences, including, but not limited to, destruction of key military and civilian assets by hostile powers, unexpected numbers of casualties, military defeat resulting loss of sovereignty and even death.

[kronos77]

Me neither.
But in the other hand US was arming “islamists of its own” in Balkans.
It was always much cheaper to arm some fool to fight a war for you.
Russians and USA are using same strategy.

[The_Victor]

I wonder if they sold Iran some of those fabulous GPS Jammers also.

"It's an s-300 missile blowout. You get the truck, the trailer, launch control system, and three reloads all at one low price."

"But there's more!!! If you order in the next 15 minutes we'll throw in the GPS Jammer for free. That's right, you just pay separate shipping and handling, and the GPS Jammer is FREE!"

"Now how much would you pay? But before you answer...."

[tumblindice]

Are you a good dictator, but with cash flow problems?
Low credit?
Slow credit?
NO credit? .... no problem!

[1rudeboy]

S-300 is an drug for Russian impotence, also known as geopolitical erectile dysfunction. Call Gorbachev if you experience an erection lasting more than four hours.

[Centurion2000]

Does Russia really want to find out what happens when you go to economic war with the USA?

[eXe]

haha I can almost hear that with the now famous phrase...

“Billy Mays here with the amazing missile blowout!”

[EternalVigilance]

Does Russia really want to find out what happens when you go to economic war with the USA?

You'd think they would remember.

[elpadre]

and don't forget Iraq was a client state of Russia prior to Desert Storm, arming Suddam’s military and providing cover and diplomatic protection in the UN and elsewhere. Russian military advisors where found among the Iraqi military dead.

[ataDude]

“Billy Mays here with the amazing missile blowout!”

As long as it’s not Seth..... :-}

[M. Espinola]

"This article should have a Pravda Alert warning."

Here it is .

[kempo]

The Russian people as a group are pretty stupid. There they set on all that oil and gas that would make their standard of living one of the best in the world. Now they hand over all the power to Putin who dreams of bringing back the USSR with another cold world. Ninety percent of their wealth will go for weapons while they all stand in line for bread, cheese, and vodka. They're making their bed let them sleep in it.