[Grampa Dave]

We have a lot of common ground. However Putin has to quit sleeping with the Iranians and the Iraquis because of their business deals. These two countries are financing a large part of the Islamic terrorism that results in the violent deaths of innocent Russians.

If Russia joined us in a quick and massive strike against the Mullah thug leadership and war toys of Iran, a clear and loud message would go to the rest of the Islamic thug world. Their days of financing Islamic terrorism without paying a horrorific penalty are long gone.

This is the next step for Russia to move against their former and current client Islamic countries who finance terrorism in Russia and the rest of the world.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Russia is simply playing both sides, waiting to see who wins out. In one corner is the US, and the other China and its minions of troublemaking mercenaries who do its dirty work(destabilization) at arms-length.

[Stavka2]

Well there's the problem: Iraq doesn't really sponser said terrorist groups...just contributes to instability in general. Iran, on the other hand doesn't sponsor terrorist groups aiming at Russia...just ones aiming at America. America for its part, sponsors Kuwait and Saudi and Egypt who do not sponsor terrorist groups that aim at Americans but ones that aim at Russians. The only solution to the ME is for all major powers involved to pull out all support for all the arabs and then work out a policy. See my point?