[Schwaeky]

If he really backs Iran when the cards are down, then hes a bigger fool than I would think a POTRF (president of the Russian Federation) would be. In the long run the natural ally is America, because we face the same threat ultimately--Islamofascist terrrorists.. They have been shifting in strategy from time to time and with one actor on the global stage to another. Historically they tried to keep a tenous peace with the Golden Horde, yet they tried for centuries to Russify the Central Asian provinces, now they try to crush Chechnya, yet engage constructively with Iran... They need to learn a lesson. Is it going to take a 9/11 level catastrophe on Russian soil to teach them that the only good Muslim is a dead one?

[Just mythoughts]

"If he really backs Iran when the cards are down, then hes a bigger fool than I would think a POTRF (president of the Russian Federation) would be. "


Well one could say "fool", there is a long bloody history accorded them, and they are not referred to the Russian bear without reason. What spikes my curiosity as I watch the attempt to juggle their former satellite nations and foster new ones is they always seem to come down to a jealous competition toward US. I do expect them to back Iran, at least from what is coming out of Iran gives all appearances and confidences a pact has been made.

[iThinkBig]

"Historically they tried to keep a tenous peace with the Golden Horde, yet they tried for centuries to Russify the Central Asian provinces, now they try to crush Chechnya, yet engage constructively with Iran... They need to learn a lesson. Is it going to take a 9/11 level catastrophe on Russian soil to teach them that the only good Muslim is a dead one?"

They will get there own death from being this stupid, but unfortunately, we will probably be first.