[July 4th]

''A contract for the delivery of air defense Tor missile systems to Iran has indeed been signed,'' Ivanov said in comments broadcast by the state channel Rossiya, without giving further details.

It looks like it's not yet operational. So, just another target for the Israeli jets.

[BenLurkin]

Man I hope so. Russia is playing a real dangerous game thinking that an Islamofacist bomb will benefit it.

These b@st@rd Russians are really beginning to aggravate me. At the same time I'd hate to see Iran's bomb deployed in Moscow by Chechan terrorists.

They should get smart and join with us in the war on terror.

[SelectiveJNJ]

No it looks more like they are buying them to TARGET Israel Jets.

[Mad_as_heck]

We should have rounded up all the munitions that Russia sold Sadam in the months leading up to the war and returned them to the "insurgents" in Chechnya.

Putin is playing a very short sighted game. Russia's best hope for the future would lie in a pro-western alliance with the US, UK, India, and Japan. Continuing to play the same geopolitical games as the Soviet or Czarist regimes will only position Russia to be China's lap dog.

If Americans power wains in the 21st century it is only a matter of time till China's hand reaches out of the east to take from Russia whatever they want. Russia is an exhausted country obsessed with past glories. China is young, hungry, and strong. That conflict can only go one way.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

''A contract for the delivery of air defense Tor missile systems to Iran has indeed been signed,''

Immediately following the announcement, the Pentagon issued this statement:
"A contract for the delivery of shoulder fired surface to air missiles to Chechnya has indeed been signed," Rumsfeld said in comments broadcast by Fox news, without giving further details. (wish)

[jonrick46]

I hope Israel does a preemptive strike on Iran before Iran becomes invulnerable.