Meanwhile...
Posted on 04/13/2015 7:35:49 AM PDT by servo1969
Russia announced Monday that it will sell Iran advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles. The sale, which ends an embargo dating back to 2010, shows that President Barack Obama is rapidly losing control of the international consensus on Iran. It also sets Israel a deadline to attack Iran–since Israel has treated the S-300 system as a “red line,” and has attacked Syria several times recently to prevent advanced Russian air defense and anti-ship missile systems from becoming operational.
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Effectively, then, Putin is calling the world’s bluff. He is setting a deadline for Israel to make a fateful choice, and daring the Obama administration to intervene. More broadly, he is unraveling the P5+1 process that the U.S. has dominated recently–chiefly by leading the way in offering concessions to Iran. The “framework” of Lausanne is still murky, and a final deal is a long way from done, but Putin is already challenging the U.S. leverage that brought about the conditions for negotiations.
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Israel needs to make it known that Russia will be targeted if Iran launches an attack.
I think he's trying to pay for a new transmission. Russia needs that sale.
Tsar Putin is a mad man who could care less if WW3 gets sparked by proxy.
Why shouldn’t they? Obama is dropping sanctions and giving them nukes.
‘Israel needs to make it known that Russia will be targeted if Iran launches an attack.’
What are you smoking? Israel has more Russians than Ukraine, they are heavily represented within IDF and many have relatives back in Russia.
It seems that the carefully orchestrated chess game is reaching a key decision point.
Do we sacrifice our Israeli knight to protect our golf playing queen?
The world’s mad men know Obozo has roughly 20 months left in office. They will gain as much ground as possible knowing a new administration along with a republican senate/house would likely buck up and curb their ambitions.
Yes, YES! If only we could be rid of those crazy Juice the world would enjoy peace at last.
THAT is Obozo's thought process.
The same S-300’s that Syria used to defend itself a few years ago against the Israeli strikes on the Syrian nuclear reactor site? The ones that got spoofed by an Israeli EW aircraft feeding a virus into the controller computer? Sounds good to me.
I am sure the newer versions are hardened a bit, but we may just see...
How come nobody ever mentions how much of the ME problem is the US being water-boy for Saudi Arabia?
China and russia know we are reaching
An apex as to who will control the world..they will fight to reign
Perfect Goose-Step !
They're either open eyed fans of Putin and Iran or they cannot see that they now hate America and the other free nations in the world. These pathetic posters choose to use their understandable contempt for Obama as a reason to dismiss criticism of Putin. Okay. Will they just as ignorantly get in bed with the "Death to America" mad mullahs in Iran? If so, how're they different than Obama who went to Reverend Wright's church? They're not. They have become anti-Americans. In the name of former KGB Colonel and now gangster statesman, they've made him their leader in spirit. In their own way, these posters are no different at all than the Leftist that fawned over Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho, Castro, and Chavez. They're just as blind to the crimes of the foreign dictator as the Old and New Left were; they've become supporters of foreign foes who want to violently destroy our beloved country.
Probably no one else brings that up is because they know a Putinista will come along to obfuscate for Putin and Iran and because it’s all bogus.
Why is Putin calling the worlds bluff? If anything, I would think he is in collusion with Obama.
The S-300 makes it difficult for Israel’s ability to attack from the air, while the agreement allows Iran to build a bomb.
Sounds like a PB&J.
I’ve thought that for awhile, so what’s equally interesting is why do those who love America think Putin is a good alternative instead of realizing that Putin is either in cahoots with Obama or he’d taking advantage of the naïve, goof Obama.
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