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To: Innovative
Putin hopes to come away from Cairo as champion of the war on radical Islam in two important Arab countries and the most reliable ally of forces for moderation."

Yet, Russia is in bed with Iran.

That's a tough dichotomy to explain.

3 posted on 08/17/2013 11:42:47 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01
That's a tough dichotomy to explain.

Debka

4 posted on 08/17/2013 11:46:47 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: okie01

Russia only cares about and is looking out for their own interests, which is actually a sensible, pragmatic attitude When you look at it from that angle, their actions make a lot more sense.

They are using Iran against us — not to mention the oil Iran controls. But Russia is definitely against Muslim terrorists taking over the world.


8 posted on 08/18/2013 12:08:59 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: okie01

“Yet, Russia is in bed with Iran. That’s a tough dichotomy to explain.”

Money. Russia will export anything to anybody. Putin is one of the richest men in Europe. The game is Pay-to-Play. Also, Egypt is an opportunity to embarrass the United States and perhaps regain some influence lost when Russians were replaced by Americans.


36 posted on 08/18/2013 4:26:18 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: okie01

“Yet, Russia is in bed with Iran.

That’s a tough dichotomy to explain. “

It’s not difficult to explain at all. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting proxy wars all over the middle east right now.

Saudi Arabia is funding AlQaeda/Mulsim Brotherhood and Iran is supporting Assad, etc.

Russia is backing Iran and Obama is backing the Saudis.


40 posted on 08/18/2013 5:15:38 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: okie01

Russia’s working with Iran is very easy to appreciate if you remember back a half century or so. We supplied war material to the back door of Russia using the Iranian railroad. It’s how we got aluminum and Studebaker trucks to them. We actually sent some of our railroad guys there early on to modernize the line and as I recall they were able to very quickly triple the line’s capacity. To this day that line is a major supply route to mid-Russia. It’s enough of a benefit to Iran so that you do not hear the Mullahs pushing Islam krap in that direction.


54 posted on 08/18/2013 11:41:21 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: okie01
"Yet, Russia is in bed with Iran. That's a tough dichotomy to explain."

You haven't read much Machiavelli, have you?

58 posted on 08/18/2013 12:10:17 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: okie01

Obama has screwed over the American Government NOW he wants to screw ovwer the Egyptian Government.

He’s a Muslim Brotherhood community organizer.


83 posted on 08/18/2013 4:40:05 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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